SPYRUS and WISeKey Partner to Offer Advanced Security for Global Identity Protection

Geneva/San Jose (Switzerland/USA, California) 20 December (PROTEXT/ots) -WISeKey, a global provider of digital identity authentication and accessmanagement solutions, and SPYRUS, Inc., an innovator in highly-advancedsecurity products and digital rights management technologies, todayannounced a partnership to supply best of breed security solutions to theglobal Electronic Commerce marketplace. The integrated products andservices deliver the strongest identity security framework commerciallyavailable.

WISeKey’s Affiliate Network, empowered by the CertifyID product suite withthe global root hosted in a secure bunker in Switzerland, is an expandinggroup of networked international service providers operating at theirrespective national levels. WISeKey has partnered with the InternationalTelecommunications Union and the WTC to advance the Electronic Commerce inDeveloping Countries project. Website:http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/e-strategies/ecdc/ra/introduction.html

The SPYRUS advanced Suite B security products consist of the LYNKS HardwareSecurity Module, regarded as the most cost-effective advanced HSM forissuing and managing electronic identities, the Hydra PC, and Rosettasecurity devices. All SPYRUS security devices are RoHS-compliant. TheRosetta and Hydra PC products provide tamper-resistant protection for keysand enable strong, two-factor authentication capabilities, a prerequisitefor trusted electronic commerce. Both products differentiate from thecompetition by being the only hardware-based security devices to beapproved by the US Government Data at Rest program to protect sensitiveinformation on removable storage media, making them the ideal choice ofsecurity for all Government agencies, state and local governments, and NATO.

"Our global affiliated network is the most distributed trusted network onthe Internet and demands the most advanced commercial security solutions,"said Carlos Moreira, CEO and founder of WISeKey. "The combination of ourproducts and services positions our partnership to provide the highestlevel of security assurance offered globally."

"Under our new partnership, SPYRUS and WISeKey will offer the first highlyadvanced Suite B cryptographic products and services to deliverstate-of-the-art security functionality that will protect valuable contentfor decades," said Sue Pontius, President and CEO of SPYRUS.

ots Originaltext: WISeKey SA

Internet: http://www.presseportal.ch

Contacts:

Dan Chmielewski

Phone: +1/714/832-87-16

E-mail: dchm@madisonalexanderpr.com

Internet: http://www.spyrus.com/company/overview.asp

Daniel Ybarra

Phone: +41/22/594-30-00

E-mail: dybarra@wisekey.com

Internet: http://www.wisekey.com/company

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