Market Projection

WISeKey provides trusted platform technologies and arguments user integrity, content integrity and machine integrity through highly developed policies and procedures. WISeKey has an established record of expertise in implementing complex e-security projects. It uses its Swiss roots to provide assurance as a trusted third party through adhering to Switzerland 's strict privacy and confidentiality laws and high quality standards.

Mass distribution of security technology to the local level

WISeKey believes in the authentication and transaction security benefits of public key infrastructure due to its tamper proof capabilities, however its ambition from day one has been to fully mass distribute the use of this technology to local level. Until the strategic alliance was established with Microsoft in 2004, WISeKey was hampered in this ambition through the high cost of implementing this technology whereby only the largest institutions could afford its use. Therefore its activities were project based with large institutions.

Through forging the new relationship with Microsoft, based upon the affordable Microsoft platform, WISeKey has entered the mass market with a solution with universal appeal.

Today's personal computing environment has advanced in terms of security and privacy, while maintaining a significant amount of backward compatibility. While abandoning compatibility and many features over the years might have made possible smaller, faster and/or more trusted systems, personal computer users required the preservation of investments in software, hardware and user training that came with backward compatibility.

However, the evolution of a shared, open network (the Internet) has created new problems and requirements for trustworthy computing. For example, the proliferation of private information within a digital, networked world is creating a growing challenge. As the personal computer grows more central to our lives at home, work and school, consumers and business customers alike are increasingly aware of privacy and security issues.

Industry leaders support and assistance

Now, the pressure is on for industry leaders to take the following actions:

WISeKey together with industry leaders is assisting to address these critical issues to meet the mounting demand for trusted computing while preserving the open and rich character of current computer functionality. WISeKey is the only company in the world deploying a global Trusted infrastructure emerging from a collaborate public-private sector cooperation launched by WISeKey in 1999 in cooperation with the International Telecommunication Union and the International Organization for Secure Electronic Transactions, both located in Geneva, Switzerland.

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) deployment

The company was formed to take advantage of the explosion in public key infrastructure (PKI) being implemented on a global basis to provide the level of Internet security required for business transactions. The growth of PKI is forecasted by groups such as PricewaterhouseCoopers, IDC and Forrester Research to increase by ten fold each year for the next five years.

WISeKey provides services for PKI communities through its common global root for certification authorities and other services that provide benefits through economies of scale. The WISeKey common global root certificate is an off-line root certificate for signing certification authorities. It is maintained in zero risk facilities within the Swiss Alps operated by SIAG. Through being a Swiss company, WISeKey benefits from Switzerland 's established reputations of political neutrality, security, confidentiality and efficiency. These are all essential requirements for the business success of a global root certificate service.