SK Telecom Launches World's First Quantum-Security Enabled 'Biometric Authentication Card Key'

SKT-IDQ-Biometric Authentication Venture Octaco Launches Fingerprint Recognition Quantum Security Card Key
Compatible with Existing Biometric Authentication for PC Login and Internal Groupware Integration

[Asia Economy Reporter Eunmo Koo] SK Telecom, ID Quantique (IDQ), and biometric authentication venture company Oktaco announced on the 15th that they have launched the world's first fingerprint recognition security key "EzQuant," which applies quantum random number generation technology. Quantum Random Number Generation technology (QRNG) is a device and technology that uses the characteristics of quantum mechanics to produce pure random numbers that are unpredictable and patternless.

With the release of EzQuant, the application areas of quantum security technology will expand significantly. Following the supply of quantum cryptographic communication networks based on Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), and the launch of smartphones (Galaxy Quantum) equipped with quantum random number generators, a biometric authentication-based security key has now been added.

EzQuant combines quantum random number generation technology with a card-type fingerprint security key based on FIDO (Fast IDentity Online), which enables rapid online authentication.

Accordingly, EzQuant can be linked with all authentications required for work, such as PC login, internal groupware, ERP, and CRM, which were previously performed through biometric authentication, greatly expanding its application areas. It can also be used for office access by utilizing the NFC function embedded in the card key.

In addition, it supports FIDO standard authentication technology, "Windows Hello" (service name), and NFC functionality, allowing it to be used with all web authentication services that provide FIDO authentication, including MS Office 365, Azure Cloud, Google Gmail, YouTube, Facebook, and Salesforce.

EzQuant passed the "Global FIDO Interoperability Test" hosted by the FIDO Global Alliance in March, becoming the world's first product equipped with QRNG to do so, making it applicable to all FIDO-based services worldwide. Consequently, biometric authentication security keys applying quantum random number technology are expected to expand their use in financial services, defense, online administration, smart offices, and more.

SK Telecom, IDQ, and Oktaco plan to enter the U.S. and Singapore markets this year to globally expand the quantum security FIDO biometric authentication key.

Minyong Ha, Head of SK Telecom Innovation Suite, stated, "With the newly developed quantum random number FIDO authentication technology, we plan to globally expand service models requiring strong security authentication, such as finance and defense, through business cooperation with our security subsidiary ADT Caps and Oktaco."

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