Token Launches TokenCore Node: Setting a New Standard for Biometric Identity Assurance

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 26, 2026--

Token, the biometric identity assurance company, today announced the TokenCore Node at RSA Conference 2026 – a compact biometric authenticator designed for organizations that require local cryptographic processing, zero cloud dependency, and support for air-gapped environments.

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Founded in 2014 and backed by Grand Oaks Capital, Token has spent over a decade building identity infrastructure for government and enterprise organizations operating in high-security environments.

Credential compromise remains the leading cause of enterprise breaches – and the rise of agentic AI is accelerating the problem. For defense contractors, critical infrastructure operators, and highly regulated institutions, the risk is even greater: their most sensitive systems cannot depend on cloud-based authentication. The shift to biometric identity assurance is already underway, because credential-based authentication can no longer adequately protect the systems that matter most.

“AI isn’t creating new weaknesses – it’s exposing the ones we’ve always had,” said Kevin Surace, Chief Executive Officer of Token. “The TokenCore Node brings easy-to-use cryptographic biometric identity assurance into air-gapped and classified environments for the first time. Organizations should not have to choose between the strongest authentication available and the constraints of their most critical systems. The shift is already underway, and the organizations moving now will be the ones best protected.”

Surace holds 95 worldwide patents and has been named Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year, a CNBC Top Innovator of the Decade, and a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer.

The TokenCore Node measures 31mm in diameter and 7.3mm thin and weighs only 13 grams, with a ceramic top cover, integrated fingerprint sensor, battery and LED status indicators. It connects via encrypted Bluetooth low energy and is designed for everyday carry-in badge holders, retractable reels, back-of-phone and keychain accessories. It is dust- and water-resistant. The Node is a testament to Token’s commitment to launching market defining technology with leading-edge biometric identity assurance.

Unlike traditional MFA, which layers additional factors onto credential-based systems, TokenCore binds access directly to a verified, physically present individual through on-device biometric authentication enforced by secure hardware. Fingerprints never leave the device. Cryptographic keys are generated and stored on-device and are never exported – eliminating credentials that can be phished, stolen, or replayed. And the user must be within 3 feet of the device logging in. No remote activation is possible.

With the addition of the TokenCore Node, Token’s product line now includes:

— TokenCore Wearable: Ring form factor. Wireless biometric authentication for privileged users, executives, and remote teams requiring fast, frictionless access across multiple workstations.

— TokenCore Portable: Wireless “stick” form factor with integrated fingerprint sensor, Bluetooth, and NFC. Biometric assurance in a portable format for environments where wearing a ring is not desired or operationally practical.

— TokenCore Node: Small disc form factor with ceramic construction and secure local wireless. Designed for lanyard, badge holder, and keychain carry in any environment including air-gapped, high-security, and mobile environments.

—TokenCore Control: SaaS solution manages 1000’s of Token devices in all form factors across the enterprise or agency and can be installed securely on-prem.

The TokenCore product line integrates with existing IAM, SSO, and PAM infrastructure. It does not replace the identity stack; it completes it.

“Identity has become the single point of failure in modern security – and leaders know it,” said Katy Nelson, Chief Revenue Officer of Token. “Boards aren’t asking for more tools. They’re asking can you prove who took the action – and could you have prevented it? In just the past two years, MFA and authenticator apps have been compromised more than 100,000 known times. It is no longer a fringe problem. It is an epidemic. TokenCore Node answers that with cryptographic proof of user presence, local key control, and biometric assurance that cannot be forwarded, phished, or replayed. The question is no longer whether organizations will move to biometric identity assurance, but how quickly they can get there.”

“TokenCore doesn’t make stolen credentials harder to use – it makes them useless,” added Surace. “Authentication requires a live fingerprint and physical presence. There is no credential to steal, and no attack path to replay.”

Token is backed by Grand Oaks Capital, the private equity and venture firm founded by Paychex founder and philanthropist B. Thomas Golisano. With the TokenCore Node, Token now extends biometric identity assurance across mainstream enterprise, mobile, high-security, and air-gapped use cases, giving organizations a clear path to standardize on a stronger identity model. The TokenCore Node will be available for government and enterprise customers in July 2026. To schedule a meeting or request a demo, visit TokenCore.com.

About Token

Token is biometric identity assurance for organizations that cannot afford to get identity wrong. Founded in 2014 and backed by Grand Oaks Capital, Token combines wireless biometrics, cryptographic authentication, and physical proximity to make human identity non-transferable and provable. TokenCore integrates with and strengthens the IAM, SSO, and PAM tools organizations already rely on. Learn more at TokenCore.com.

The TokenCore Node, a compact biometric authenticator designed for organizations that require local cryptographic processing, zero cloud dependency, and support for air-gapped environments.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kamala Harris “wrote off rural America" during the 2024 presidential campaign and failed to attack Donald Trump with sufficient “negative firepower," according to a long-awaited post-election autopsy released on Thursday by the Democratic National Committee.

The committee's chair, Ken Martin, shared the 192-page report only after facing intense internal pressure from frustrated Democratic operatives concerned with his leadership. Martin had originally promised to release the autopsy, only to keep it under wraps for months because he was concerned it would be a distraction ahead of the midterms as Democrats mobilize to take back control of Congress.

On Tuesday, Martin apologized for his handling of the situation and conceded that the report was withheld because it “was not ready for primetime."

Although the autopsy criticizes Democrats' focus on “identity politics,” it sidesteps some of the most controversial elements of the 2024 campaign. The report does not address former President Joe Biden’s decision to seek reelection, the rushed selection of Harris to replace him on the ticket or the party's acrimonious divide over the war in Gaza.

“I am not proud of this product; it does not meet my standards, and it won’t meet your standards,” Martin wrote in an essay on Substack on Thursday. “I don’t endorse what’s in this report, or what’s left out of it. I could not in good faith put the DNC’s stamp of approval on it. But transparency is paramount.”

A spokesperson for Harris did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The initial reaction from Democratic operatives was a mix of bafflement and anger over Martin's handling of the situation.

“Why not say this in 2024, or bring in more people to finish it, instead of turning this into the dumbest media cycle for 7-8 months?” Democratic strategist Steve Schale wrote on social media.

The postelection report, which was authored by Democratic consultant Paul Rivera, calls for “a renewed focus on the voters of Middle America and the South, who have come to believe they are not included in the Democratic vision of a stronger and more dynamic America for everyone.”

“Millions of Americans are suffering from poor access to healthcare, manufacturing and job losses, and a failing infrastructure, yet continue to be persuaded to vote against their best interests because they do not see themselves reflected in the America of the Democratic Party,” the report says.

The autopsy points to a reduction in support and training for Democratic state parties, voter registration shifts and “a persistent inability or unwillingness to listen to all voters.”

Thursday's release comes as Martin confronts a crisis of confidence among party officials who are increasingly concerned about the health of their political machine barely a year into his term. Some Democratic operatives have had informal discussions about recruiting a new chair, even though most believe that Martin’s job wasn't in serious jeopardy ahead of the midterm elections.

The report found that Harris and her allies failed to focus enough on Trump's negatives, especially his felony convictions. This was part of a broader criticism that Democrats' messaging is too focused on reason and winning arguments, “even in cycles when the electorate is defined by rage.”

“There was a decision in the 2024 Democratic leadership not to engage in negative advertising at the scale required,” the report states. “The Trump campaign and supportive Super PACs went full throttle against Vice President Harris, but there was not sufficient or similar negative firepower directed at Trump by Democrats.”

The report continues: “It was essential to prosecute a more effective case as to why Trump should have been disqualified from ever again taking office. The grounds were there, but the messaging did not make the case.”

Trump's attack on Harris' transgender policies were cited as a key contrast.

Specifically, the report suggested the Democratic nominee was “boxed” in by the Trump campaign's “very effective” ad that highlighted Harris' previous statement of support for taxpayer-funded gender-affirming surgeries for prison inmates.

Democratic pollsters believed that “if the Vice President would not change her position – and she did not – then there was nothing which would have worked as a response," the report said.

The report criticized Harris' outreach to key segments of America while condemning the party's focus on “identity politics.”

“Harris wrote off rural America, assuming urban/suburban margins would compensate. The math doesn’t work,” the report says. “You can’t lose rural areas by overwhelming margins and make it up elsewhere when rural voters are a significant share of the electorate. If Democrats are to reclaim leadership in the Heartland or the South, candidates must perform well in rural turf. Show up, listen, and then do it again.”

The report also references Democrats' underperformance with male voters of color.

“Male voters require direct engagement. The gender gap can be narrowed. Deploy male messengers, address economic concerns, and don’t assume identity politics will hold male voters of color,” it says.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event about loosening a federal refrigerant rule, in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, May 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a fireside chat on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)

FILE - Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at DNC headquarters, Jan. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File)