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Nok Nok Labs

Nok Nok Labs is an authentication technology company that provides passwordless and multi-factor authentication platforms for enterprises based on open standards such as FIDO.

  • Enterprise-grade passwordless and multi-factor authentication platform for web and mobile applications (identity and access management).
  • Standards-based authentication leveraging FIDO protocols and public key cryptography (authentication security).
  • Customer and workforce authentication for banks, telcos, governments, and large digital service providers (customer identity and access management).
  • Developer tooling and SDKs to integrate strong authentication into existing applications and infrastructure (developer tools / security integration).
  • Risk reduction and compliance support for regulations and industry guidelines related to strong customer authentication (security and compliance).

More About Nok Nok Labs

Nok Nok Labs focuses on authentication and identity security for organizations that operate high-volume digital channels, including financial services, telecommunications, government, and large consumer platforms. Its core offerings center on passwordless and strong multi-factor authentication, enabling enterprises to move away from shared secrets such as passwords and one-time codes toward device-bound cryptographic credentials. The company positions its technology as a way to unify customer and workforce authentication across web, mobile, and connected devices under a consistent security and policy framework.

The company is closely associated with the FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) family of standards (authentication security), which define protocols for strong, phishing-resistant authentication using public key cryptography. In a typical deployment, Nok Nok Labs’ platform operates as an authentication server that speaks FIDO protocols to client devices and authenticators, while integrating with existing identity and access management stacks, customer identity platforms, and risk engines. This architecture allows organizations to support authentication methods such as on-device biometrics, security keys, and platform authenticators without exposing biometric data to backend systems, since only cryptographic signatures and public keys traverse the network.

Nok Nok Labs provides SDKs and integration components (developer tools / security integration) that allow product teams, security architects, and developers to embed FIDO-based authentication flows into native mobile apps, web applications, and service portals. These components are typically layered into existing login, registration, step-up authentication, and transaction-authorization journeys. The platform is designed to coexist with other identity technologies such as Single Sign-On (SSO) providers, directory services, and fraud or risk engines, giving enterprises the option to introduce passwordless authentication incrementally while maintaining legacy mechanisms where required.

Within enterprise IT taxonomies, Nok Nok Labs aligns with categories such as identity and access management, customer identity and access management, and authentication security. Its offerings are used to address use cases including strong customer authentication in regulated sectors, reduction of credential phishing and account takeover, and consolidation of heterogeneous authenticator technologies under a single policy and orchestration layer. For directory or marketplace placement, Nok Nok Labs fits under security platforms that implement FIDO-based passwordless and multi-factor authentication for both consumer-facing and internal enterprise applications.

At-A-Glance

  • Employees: 45
  • Estimated Annual Revenue: $1M-$10M

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Corporate Headquarters

2100 Geng Rd
105
Palo Alto, CA 94303

Market Segmentation

  • Type: Private
  • Sector: Information Technology
  • Group: Software & Services
  • Industry: Internet Software & Services
  • Sub-Industry: Internet Software & Services