PYMNTS.com November 28, 2023
Amazon is bringing its palm-based identity service to the world of corporate security.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Monday (Nov. 27) the debut of Amazon One Enterprise, a contactless security tool designed to grant entry to places like offices, airports, hotels and educational facilities.
“Today, organizations authenticate employees and other authorized individuals to access buildings and software resources through physical means like badges and fobs, or digital methods like PINs and passwords,” the company said in a news release.
“However, these traditional methods share common security vulnerabilities. Badges and fobs can be lost, shared, cloned, or stolen, while PINs and passwords are easily forgotten, guessable, or shared.”
The release also notes that traditional authentication methods often also require manual verification...