Strategic briefing
Microsoft and public-sector ready
BioTone Biometrics - May 2026

High-assurance human identity for the AI and Zero Trust era.

BioTone produces fresh, policy-consumable proof that the right human is present, alive, on the right device, and authorizing the right action.

Entra / Intune fit Customer-hosted path BioAgentic protection Public-sector roadmap
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02 - Why nowAuthentication is becoming an authorization problem.
The market shift

Passkeys prove possession. Enterprises increasingly need proof of live human presence.

AI

Agents can now initiate sensitive actions at machine speed. Human approval needs stronger proof than a session cookie.

Zero Trust

Static sign-in is not enough for privileged activation, account recovery, wire release, or sensitive data unlock.

Regulated

Banks, healthcare, government, defense, and critical infrastructure can mandate stronger assurance for high-risk workflows.

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03 - Product thesisOne assurance layer, many enforcement points.
Positioning

Not another biometric app. A human assurance layer.

BioTone sits beside the identity provider, endpoint manager, security graph, agent runtime, or application workflow. The customer keeps policy authority; BioTone returns signed evidence.

Canonical output

A signed assurance claim with subject, tenant, device context, modalities, score, freshness, policy result, and audit metadata. Relying parties consume the claim; raw biometric data stays out of the workflow.

01

Policy trigger

Entra, app, agent, file vault, or admin workflow requests proof.

02

BioTone session

QR, deep link, web SDK, or API starts enrollment or verification.

03

Live signals

Palm, iris/periocular, voice, ear, liveness, and research factors.

04

Assurance claim

Signed result, score, freshness, policy, and audit reference.

05

Enforcement

Allow, step up, deny, revoke, alert, or hold agent action.

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04 - Current stateMore than a concept deck.
Built and deployed in the PoC/MVP spine

The commercial spine is already in working form.

BackendFastAPI on Azure Container Apps with auth broker, verification events, audit, model routes, key-share routes, PII vault routes, and owner routes.
ConsoleTenant console with dashboard, users, sessions, auth broker, audit, configuration, quality, deployment nodes, API/tokens, and tenant switching.
MobileiOS/Android PoC with enrollment, combined verification, backend sync, tenant config, TestFlight flow, and BioTone Internal pairing smoke test.
Tenant`biotone-demo` and `biotone-internal` are first-class tenants; owner platform-admin is split from customer console.
Keys3-of-3 Shamir key split across two nodes plus device share; key-verified JWT claim exists in the broker flow.
APIPrivate-beta developer API with API keys, palm/periocular enroll + verify, usage/billing scaffold, quickstart, and custom API hostname.
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05 - ArchitectureCustomer control without another identity island.
How it fits into enterprise and public-sector environments

BioTone keeps policy with the customer and turns biometrics into security evidence.

Identity and policyMicrosoft Entra, Okta, Ping, PIM, Conditional Access patterns, app policy, or agent policy.
Endpoint and contextIntune/device posture, mobile tenant config, customer-hosted or BioTone-hosted deployment mode.
Applications and agentsWire approval, account recovery, file unlock, admin actions, AI-agent delegation and override.

BioTone assurance broker

Enrollment, verification, fusion policy, model registry, quality calibration, signed claim, tenant audit, API keys, and owner/admin controls.

Template custodyTenant-scoped templates, hosted logical keystores, customer-hosted node path, and disaggregated key proof.
Capture vaultEncrypted `btvault-v1` packages for research captures, owner step-up, short leases, and audit.
Security outputsAllow, deny, step up, revoke, alert, audit, or hold an agent action until the human verifies.
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06 - Microsoft fitMake the assurance useful where customers already enforce policy.
For Monday's Microsoft conversation

BioTone can strengthen Entra, Intune, Microsoft Security, Security Copilot, and Azure.

Entra

High-assurance external verification for privileged identity, account recovery, regulated workflows, and sensitive step-up.

Intune

Bind biometric assurance to managed device posture: the right person on the right device at the right time.

Security graph

Feed fresh human-assurance events into Defender, Sentinel, Purview, Security Copilot, and customer policy engines.

BioAgentic protection

Verify the human behind agent delegation, override, recovery, approval, and policy-change workflows.

Azure

Customer-hosted and hybrid BioTone deployments can drive Azure infrastructure, key management, monitoring, and security attach.

No rip-and-replace

Microsoft remains the policy authority; BioTone provides signed evidence when ordinary auth is not enough.

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07 - Public-sector fitCommercial spine, national-security roadmap.
For In-Q-Tel and government-adjacent audiences

The same assurance layer can support enterprise pilots now and SCIF-constrained R&D later.

Near-term public-sector wedge

  • Customer-hosted or hybrid assurance broker for regulated workflows.
  • Tenant isolation, auditability, no central BioTone biometric honeypot.
  • PIV/CAC-aware roadmap, Entra/Azure alignment, and controlled deployment modes.
  • Unclassified pilots before FCL-dependent classified work.

Longer-term moat

  • SCIF vestibule kiosk with face/iris/palm/voice plus PIV/CAC.
  • Interior continuous auth without cameras or microphones.
  • mmWave, pressure floor, BCG chair, keystroke/mouse dynamics, and capacitive peripherals.
  • TAA/Section 889 compliant BoM and accreditation path.
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08 - Deployment modesFit the buyer's risk posture.
One platform, four modes

BioTone can start fast and move toward higher custody control as buyers mature.

BioTone Cloud

Hosted console/API/keystore for fast pilots, demos, SMB, and internal dogfood.

Hybrid

BioTone-hosted console with customer-hosted keystore nodes for privacy-sensitive enterprises.

Fully self-hosted

Customer-operated console, API, keystores, storage, secrets, observability, and license enforcement.

API-only

Integrator tenants consuming BioTone through API keys and SDKs without a tenant console.

Current focus: make BioTone Cloud onboarding commercially usable while preserving the architecture needed for hybrid and self-hosted enterprise deployments.

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09 - Product packagesThe platform is the product; packages make it buyable.
Generalized for commercial and public-sector buyers

We lead with the assurance broker, then package it around workflows buyers recognize.

Workforce SSO and step-up

High-risk sign-in, PIM activation, account recovery, and sensitive application access.

AI-agent protection

Human-lent authority for delegation, override, approvals, and recovery in agentic workflows.

Transaction approval

Wire release, treasury actions, policy changes, and dual-control workflows.

Document and file unlock

Short-lived access to board packs, read rooms, sensitive files, and controlled datasets.

Developer API

Palm and periocular verification today; voice, ear, quality, and PAD as demand matures.

Government R&D

Vestibule kiosk and sensor-constrained interior continuous auth as the long-term moat.

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10 - Evidence postureStrong lab results, honest field-gating.
What we can say responsibly

Use the best production-like EERs, then explain what fusion buys.

0.30%

Voice EER

D′, 3-utterance adaptive enrolment. VoxCeleb1-O, 40 unseen speakers.

0.75%

Iris EER

Protocol C, 3-frame enrolment. UBIRIS v2 + UTIRIS-VIS, 64 unseen subjects.

2.85%

Palm EER

Protocol C, 3-frame enrolment. palm-embed-v2 quad-warp ensemble.

8.09%

Ear EER

Protocol C, 3-frame enrolment. UERC2023-test, 131 unseen subjects.

Simple AND at EER thresholds~1 in 19M

Combined false accept probability ≈ 5.2 × 10⁻⁸ if all four factors must pass.

Balanced preset98.3% GAR

≥3/4 majority, combined FAR 0.000222% (~1 in 450k).

Strict preset97.1% GAR

For treasury / privileged workflows. Combined FAR 0.000024%.

Maximum preset95.0% GAR

Rare high-risk events. Combined FAR 0.0000043%.

Field validation remains the next proof step: tester distribution, clean physical-subject IDs, PII vault controls, model cards, confidence intervals, and quality calibration.

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11 - RoadmapWhat we are doing next.
Execution sequence

The old "Vault then Gate then Pulse" sequence is replaced by pilot readiness.

Now - 30 days

Hosted pilot readiness

First-admin invite, tenant onboarding, assurance contract, owner audit, browser/mobile QA, Microsoft validation package.

30 - 90 days

Design partners

Microsoft path, banking/treasury or healthcare workflow, API-only integrator, field capture evidence, support runbooks.

3 - 6 months

Repeatable product

Plan/subscription state, tenant export, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, SDK polish, model cards, live billing when pulled.

6 - 18 months

Scale and moat

SOC 2 readiness, enterprise pilots, hybrid keystores, self-hosted licensing, government R&D, FCL/SBIR/advisory runway.

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12 - Validation sprintConcrete proof beats broad partnership language.
What we want to validate with Microsoft or a strategic public-sector partner

A focused 30-day sprint can show whether BioTone belongs in the platform stack.

01

Pick use case

Entra step-up, PIM, Intune-bound access, agent approval, or Azure-hosted customer deployment.

02

Define contract

Assurance claim fields, freshness, policy result, audit event, and relying-party validation.

03

Run demo path

Policy trigger to BioTone verification to signed result to enforcement or audit decision.

04

Review risk

Privacy, biometric custody, tenant isolation, security controls, and support/recovery model.

05

Name next owner

Identify technical sponsor, success criteria, customer/pilot path, and integration lane.

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13 - CandorWhat is real, and what still needs proof.
Responsible posture

We should win trust by being precise about maturity.

Already real

  • Auth broker and mobile verification demo path.
  • Tenant-scoped console and owner admin surfaces.
  • Developer API private beta for palm/periocular.
  • Disaggregated key proof and PII vault controls.
  • Azure-hosted platform and deployment-mode roadmap.

Still needs proof

  • Field biometric performance and model cards.
  • Hosted tenant onboarding as a tested workflow.
  • Owner audit, operational alerts, backup/restore, and support-safe views.
  • Customer-grade mobile pairing and recovery.
  • Government hardware sourcing, PIV/CAC, FCL, and accreditation.
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14 - The askTurn strategic interest into a validation path.
For Microsoft, In-Q-Tel, and strategic partners

Help us pick the first place where fresh human assurance matters most.

1

Use case

Which workflow should BioTone validate first: privileged identity, device-bound access, agent approval, account recovery, sensitive data unlock, or controlled facility access?

2

Integration owner

Who should own the next technical conversation: identity, endpoint, security operations, AI/security copilot, Azure, public-sector innovation, or a joint sponsor?

3

Proof criteria

What evidence would make BioTone credible in 30-60 days: architecture review, live demo, privacy review, field data, tenant isolation, or customer-hosted deployment?

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Closing thought

Identity should belong to the person, not the database.

BioTone is building the assurance layer that proves the right human is present for the decisions that actually matter.

Policy governed Tenant isolated Customer-hosted path Audit first
Prepared for May 2026 strategic meetings. Generalized for enterprise, Microsoft ecosystem, and public-sector audiences.