BIO-key will be exhibiting at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference again, this year! The premier higher education IT event brings together professionals and technology providers from around the world to discuss their discoveries, grow professionally, and explore solutions to continuing challenges.
The conference will be held in Denver, CO from October 25th to 28th. If you are attending the conference, we hope you can stop by the BIO-key booth (871) and say hi! We are eager to hear what your institution has been up to and give you an update on BIO-key's latest identity and access management (IAM) solutions for higher education.
We are currently looking for customers to tell their stories at the BIO-key booth during the conference. If you are available and interested, please contact: kimberly.biddings@bio-key.com
Education is the most targeted industry for cyberattacks, with an average of 2,297 cyberattacks against institutions each week in the first half of 2022; a 44% increase compared to the first half of 2021. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has not only increased institutions’ reliance on online channels to deliver learning and the wider campus experience, but it also heightened students’ expectations, with almost 70% of students saying that university digital experiences must become as good as Amazon, Netflix and Facebook. Because of this, many institutions face difficulty in strengthening cybersecurity processes without adding friction and complexity to the user experience.
For more information, check out the Cybersecurity in Education whitepaper.
BIO-key has a well-earned reputation in higher education. Today, over 200 institutions, including 55+ community colleges, are using BIO-key's award-wining PortalGuard IAM platform to:
Since 2014, BIO-key has partnered with the Foundation for California Community Colleges (FCCC) to help improve the system’s cybersecurity posture and is proud to be a 2022 CISOA Partner in Education.
What sets BIO-key apart from the competition is our proven expertise in higher education, and the unrivaled flexibility offered by the PortalGuard IAM platform to secure and optimize digital experiences. With PortalGuard, institutions can consolidate and aggregate security solutions under a single, unified IAM platform, enabling them to take a holistic approach to their IAM strategy. PortalGuard is also the only solution to provide Identity-Bound Biometric authentication methods that offer the highest level of security to keep institutions safe while ensuring seamless access across devices and applications.
We would love to connect with customers and partners at EDUCAUSE 2022. If you are participating in the conference in Denver, we invite you to stop by the BIO-key booth 871!
Here's what you can expect from BIO-key during the conference: