WALL, N.J., June 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BIO-key International, Inc. (OTCBB:BKYI), a global leader in finger biometric identification technology solutions, today announced that Jim Sullivan, Director of Sales, BIO-key International, will be an instructor and panelist at the Mobile Computing Summit to be held June 28-30 at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco Airport.
Jim Sullivan's lecture, "Proving Yourself in the Cloud–Biometrics Killer App," will be presented during Session (3); Platform Security, on Tuesday, June 28th at 1:40pm PDT. Mr. Sullivan will review the drivers which make mobile computing and biometrics a favorable match and will show examples of strong, yet simple fingerprint authentication in the cloud using iPhone™ (IOS) and Windows Mobile™ devices. The organizers of the Platform Security session are Rich Fetik, Data Confidential and Kieran Norton of Deloitte. The Chairperson is Dean Coclin, from Symantec.
Other topics and panelists presenting during the session include: "Threats on Android," Zheng Bu, Director Security Research McAfee Labs; "Securing Mobile Access to Cloud APIs using OAuth," Paul Madsen, Senior Technology Architect, Ping Identity; "Securing iPads in the Enterprise," John Herrema, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Good Technology; "Secure Mobile Computing on USB," Jack Sebbag, VP Sales North America, MXI Security.
"Moving data and applications to the cloud is critical to support access from a variety of devices, and biometric authentication is a simple yet secure way to control your identity in the cloud," stated Jim Sullivan. "People take a gamble whenever they allow their phone to serve as the authenticator for sensitive application access. The prevailing assumption, that your phone is always with you, is true–except when it's not. Loss, theft, and, increasingly, sharing of these powerful devices with friends and family exposes the flaw in this logic, requiring a second factor. No one wants to type a robust password, complete with special characters, into a touchscreen. This makes mobile authentication biometrics' killer app," added Sullivan.
About the Mobile Computing Summit
The Mobile Computing Summit creates a forum to present and discuss the latest developments in mobile computing for the enterprise with an emphasis on smart phones, tablets, net books and laptops. The event emphasizes the effective use and management of advanced mobile devices and the security issues that affect them. (http://www.netbooksummit.com)
About BIO-key
BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and delivers advanced identification solutions to commercial and government enterprises, integrators, and custom application developers. BIO-key's award winning, high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise applications. Our solutions are used in local embedded OEM products as well as some of the world's largest identification deployments to improve security, guarantee identity, and help reduce identity theft. BIO-key's technology is offered directly or by market-leading partners around the world. (http://www.bio-key.com)
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