London, June 5, 2025 – Keyless, the leader in privacy-preserving biometric authentication, has been named a finalist in the 2025 Fortress Cybersecurity Awards by the Business Intelligence Group, in recognition of its breakthrough innovation, the Keyless IDV Bridge.

The Fortress Awards honour the companies, products, and people leading the charge in protecting digital systems and infrastructure. Keyless was selected as a finalist for its unique approach to enrollment. Instead of having users with both identity verification and authentication providers, the IDV Bridge silently enrolls users into Keyless during the IDV process. An industry-first, this innovation dramatically reduces friction. With one enrollment flow users are signed up with both an IDV and Keyless.

“Cybersecurity isn’t just a technology issue - it’s a trust issue,” said Russ Fordyce, CEO of the Business Intelligence Group. “The organizations we’re celebrating today are setting new standards for how to think about and implement security at scale. They’re proactive, persistent, and often invisible—but they’re the backbone of our connected world.”

“Being recognised as a finalist in the Fortress Cybersecurity Awards is a fantastic endorsement of our mission to make digital identity both frictionless and private,” said Fabian Eberle, COO and Co-Founder of Keyless. “The IDV Bridge is about closing the loop on identity. For too long, organisations have relied on credentials that prove possession, not people. With the IDV Bridge, we’re proving identity can and should be continuous.”

Since launching the IDV Bridge, Keyless has been adopted by multiple top-tier banks and identity providers. These organisations have reported up to 80% reductions in account recovery costs and a 60% drop in account takeover incidents by linking authentication back to the original KYC process. 

The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world. Unlike other industry award programs, these programs are judged by business executives with real-world experience. The organization's proprietary scoring system measures performance across multiple business domains and rewards companies whose achievements are significant and measurable.

Keyless is the leader in privacy-preserving biometric authentication, trusted by banks, fintechs, crypto platforms, and gaming companies to reduce account takeovers, secure high-risk actions, and improve operational efficiency. Available via app and web, its unique Zero-Knowledge Biometrics™ technology delivers multi-factor authentication in one glance in 300 milliseconds without storing biometric data anywhere. Keyless is ISO 27001 and ISO 30107 accredited and is the only company to hold both FIDO Biometrics and FIDO2 certifications. Privately owned, Keyless has 50 employees across multiple offices in the UK, US, and EU.