Ensurity and Fingerprints collaborate for passwordless biometric authentication

Ensurity, an Indian cybersecurity company, has integrated select biometric technologies from Fingerprint Cards into its new FIDO2 biometric security key.

The solution provides users with a secure and convenient passwordless authentication experience, compatible with the latest version of the Windows 10 operating system and numerous FIDO2-enabled web applications.

Ensurity and Fingerprints’ integration

The ThinC AUTH FIDO2 and AUTH BioPro (PIV) are hardware-bound passkeys, adhering to FIDO Alliance and W3C standards and incorporating Fingerprints’ latest sensor, software and algorithms for access control.

Currently, 80% of computer hacks and cyber-crimes are attributed to compromised passwords.

Passkey technology, offering multi-factor authentication (MFA) with biometrics, serves as a crucial tool in combating phishing, man in the middle and stolen credential attacks.

Adam Philpott, CEO, Fingerprints commented: “Hardware bound passkeys with biometrics create stronger trust than alternative software or hardware in use today, ensuring robust security and a seamless user experience.

“Removing passwords and PINs as the default for online authentication will dramatically close todays’ primary threat vector.

“Our collaboration with Ensurity will help to move the needle and drive adoption of digital authentication for logical access control.”

“Authentication powers the digital economy”

Amit Mathur, COO, Ensurity added: “At Ensurity, we are focused on developing innovative solutions to the trickiest security issues.

“Passwords pose a significant threat to personal and organisational security.

“By combining Fingerprints’ proven biometric technology with our hardware token, we are addressing the threat that passwords pose, ensuring that authentication powers the digital economy, as opposed to hindering it.”

The biometric security key takes the form of a USB or USB-C token and is now available to consumers worldwide.