Swivel Secure

Swivel Secure builds AuthControl Sentry, a multi-factor authentication (MFA) and adaptive authentication platform built around PINsafe, a patented one-time-code authentication method the company developed in the early 2000s. The platform supports a wide range of authentication factors — mobile push, one-time passcodes, hardware tokens, and biometrics — and applies risk-based policy controls to decide when step-up authentication is required, positioning it as infrastructure for organizations moving toward zero-trust access models.

Founded in Leeds, England in 2000, Swivel Secure built a long track record in UK public sector, healthcare (including NHS trusts), and education deployments before being acquired by Nasdaq-listed BIO-key International in March 2022. The deal folded Swivel Secure Europe’s revenue base, customer relationships, and engineering talent into BIO-key’s broader identity and access management business, while AuthControl Sentry has continued to be developed and sold as an active product line rather than being retired.

As a 20-plus-year-old MFA vendor now operating as part of a larger, publicly traded parent, Swivel Secure is best understood as a mature, dependable authentication layer rather than a disruptive newcomer — its value is proven longevity and a deep authentication-factor library, not category-redefining innovation.