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authID Announces Out of the Box, Biometric Security Solution Aligned with PIV Security Framework for Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure
authID has launched a biometric security platform aligned with the federal Personal Identity Verification (PIV) framework, targeting energy utilities and critical infrastructure by replacing passwords and physical tokens with biometric authentication for SCADA consoles, privileged accounts, and contractor access. The platform includes IDX for centralized identity management across employees and third parties, PrivacyKey for cryptographic biometric verification without storing biometric data, and authID Mandate for locking down agentic AI with user-bound audit trails. The release comes amid a 70% year-over-year increase in utility cyberattacks in the US and growing concerns over state-sponsored actors like Volt Typhoon pre-positioning within critical infrastructure networks.
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