--- title: BIO-key Customer Blog | Christopher Perry description: Your best source for BIO-key customer service news, views, resources, and best practices. --- [®](https://biokey.wpengine.com/) - [Products](https://www.bio-key.com/#) - [PortalGuard](https://www.bio-key.com/portalguard/) - [Multi-Factor Authentication](https://www.bio-key.com/multi-factor-authentication/) - [Self-Service Password Reset](https://www.bio-key.com/self-service-password-reset/) - [Single Sign-On](https://www.bio-key.com/single-sign-on/) - [MobileAuth](https://info.bio-key.com/mobileauth) - [Admin Panel](https://www.bio-key.com/portalguard/admin-experience/) - [PortalGuard Desktop](https://www.bio-key.com/portalguard/portalguard-desktop/) - [Identity-Bound Biometrics](https://www.bio-key.com/identity-bound-biometrics/) - [Passkey:YOU](https://www.bio-key.com/identity-bound-biometrics/passkey-authentication/) - [Passwordless with IBB](https://www.bio-key.com/business-initiatives/phone-less-token-less-passwordless/) - 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When the COVID-19 pandemic first landed, organizations in all verticals – from small businesses to Higher Education and Fortune 500 companies – were struck hard and fast with a new requirement: a [remote and/or mobile workforce](https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-work/the-future-of-work-after-covid-19). 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We are halfway out of the dark side of a global pandemic, and each one of us has honed skills both new and old. Many individuals have taken this dark time and made it even darker by attacking those who are already struggling to find a sense of normalcy. Balancing the physical world and the digital one is no longer a... 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