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HYPR Corp is a New York based company that decentralizes and encrypts biometric data for secure password-less authentication across multiple platforms such as desktop, mobile and IoT systems.

Biometric Tokenization
Biometric tokenization is a security protocol in which biometric data required for authentication is decentralized and stored on the client-side of an authentication channel - in users’ connected devices - as opposed to a centralized repository such as a server-side database. Unlike entering passwords which are matched to a centralized database, users leverage biometrics to authorize transactions on a local device by signing a cryptographic challenge on the client-side - rather than exposing sensitive authentication data to the internet. By combining the user experience of biometrics with the strength of public key cryptography, HYPR biometric tokenization enables a decentralized authentication channel to replace the use of password-based systems.

The result of implementing biometric tokenization is an “inverted” authentication channel in which hackers are unable to gain credentials by attacking a centralized repository of biometrics and are forced to target individual devices. By forcing hackers to divert attention from a single validation server to many client-side devices, biometric tokenization decreases the viability of an attack on the client-server authentication channel, rendering the common large-scale server-side data breach an unscalable attack vector. According to HYPR Corp, HYPR technology is designed based on the following principles:
 * Authentication channels should not be based on centralized biometrics storage.
 * Users may have the option to choose the biometric authenticators they would like to utilize.
 * Isolation of biometric data from the rich operating system on a user device.
 * Relying parties may have the capability to set policies to use biometric authenticators.

HYPR platform
HYPR biometric tokenization provides enterprises an end-to-end suite of software, firmware and hardware to decentralize and encrypt biometric data across mobile, desktop and IoT systems. As an interoperable solution, users may choose from a variety of biometric authentication methods, by leveraging existing fingerprint sensors, cameras and microphones on mobile devices. HYPR is available as a cross platform SDK for BYOD deployment, or as a tamper proof security token for mission critical settings.

The HYPR biometric security platform seeks to eliminate the use of passwords and to ensure a more secure UX than a username/password scheme. Users of applications with HYPR technology do not need to create, remember, securely store, or reset passwords because there aren’t any passwords in use.

Software, firmware and hardware

 * HYPR-1 (software): The HYPR biometric security platform seeks to eliminate the use of passwords and to ensure a more secure UX than a username/password scheme. Users of applications with HYPR technology do not need to create, remember, securely store, or reset passwords because there aren’t any passwords in use.
 * HYPR-2 (firmware): A firmware iteration of the HYPR platform to secure the Internet of Things, device manufacturers and automakers embed the HYPR2 firmware chip to enable password-less authentication to the IoT with or without an Internet connection. In doing so, devices such as locks for residential or commercial physical access as well as connected automobiles become standalone biometric verification servers. Authentication occurs over the Internet or over Bluetooth low energy (BLE) or Near field communication (NFC).
 * HYPR-3 (hardware): A FIPS 140-2 Level 3 tamper-proof security token that enables biometric, it provides password-less login for users in work settings where consumer-facing devices are prohibited. The proprietary device communicates using contact-less protocols such as BLE and NFC.

The HYPR verification server can be used On Premise or as a cloud-based deployment.