Security startup company Qondado has launched an app that links a user's mobile number to their device based on biometrics.Called KodeKey, Qondado the iOS and Android app transforms biometric data into a hardware authorization token.Customer service agents who employ KodeKey can request that users swipe their fingerprint on their KodeKey enabled device to verify their identity. Companies can use the KodeKey web service via a simple web API that can be integrated into established enterprise services.Companies that will benefit from the KodeKey web service include banks, credit card companies, cable providers, wireless providers, cloud services, etc. Qondado expects KodeKey to become a popular option for second factor authentication integration and demonstrates the username and password replacement ability of the system with the free KodeKey WordPress Login Plugin also available at kodekey.com.”Qondado is a startup in the heart of San Juan, Puerto Rico's tech emergence,” says Qondado CEO Edward Robles, “We have a roadmap of innovative new technologies starting with KodeKey, in the cloud and file security space that we are confident will establish our leadership in the emerging PR tech culture as well as introduce new ways to think about how we meet security challenges in the cloud.”

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