BIO-key Receives FIDO Alliance Full Certification for Passkey:YOU™ Authentication, Unlocking New Markets Including Agentic AI Authenticated Controls

HOLMDEL, N.J., Sept. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key® International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKYI), a global provider of workforce and customer Identity and Access Management (IAM) software featuring passwordless, phoneless and tokenless Identity-Bound Biometrics™ (IBB) authentication, today announced that its Passkey:YOU™ authenticator has received Full Certification from the FIDO Alliance, the industry body behind the FIDO2/WebAuthn/Passkey standard now in widespread use to allow phish-resistant sign in without typing a password.

With Passkey:YOU, an employee authenticates to unlock a shared passkey service by touching a shared fingerprint scanner or tapping the door-access badge they already carry — no smartphone or separate hardware token needed. A single enrollment then works everywhere a passkey is accepted, including enterprise identity platforms such as Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Ping, Duo, BIO-key's own PortalGuard®, and a growing list of websites, with no separate integration project required for each one. Employees who do carry a phone can authenticate the same way through BIO-key's MobileAuth app on iOS and Android. Passkey:YOU works at any workstation in the enterprise to provide easy, phish-resistant authentication without phones, or tokens.