Mobile World Congress: WISeKey Launches Upgraded WISeID Cloud Storage Service

At Mobile World Congress Swiss Pavilion, WISeKey Holding Ltd. announced the launch of its upgraded WISeID Cloud Storage service.

Digital Identification based Sovereign Cloud is one of several technologies, including semiconductors and AI that the company provides where the EU is keen to build its indigenous capabilities. Currently, the public cloud landscape is dominated by US providers, all of which are growing their share of the European market. EU is seeking to develop a native cloud ecosystem and reduce this reliance on overseas companies. Last year, 25 member states signed a declaration pledging to build the next gen of cloud technology in Europe, and various initiatives are already underway.

WISeID Cloud is compliant with the EU New Data and Cloud Alliance which offers a broader push toward digital sovereignty, and it is intended to reduce dependencies from foreign technology providers. As concrete step towards this support, the company already operates a Swiss-EU based WISeID Cloud Storage service.

The firm provides concrete EU based solutions with AI capabilities via arago AG in Germany and WISeKey Semiconductors in France, employing over 120 people focusing on creating these solutions. Launched in 2019, the WISeID platform was built using the company’s digital certificates and other innovative technologies. The evolution of the WISeID Cloud Storage service represents a stronger focus on cloud services and integration with Internet applications, enabling customers and partners to adopt the WISeID ecosystem for digital identity to secure access to online services.

The new features of WISeID Cloud Storage service enable users to keep a protected file storage in the cloud, in servers in Switzerland and EU secured by the firm’s technologies. It can be used to securely store confidential documents on a personal cloud and share with other firm’s users, removing risks for eavesdropping and privacy loss.

WISeID is based on the WISeKey/OISTE Root of Trust and integrates innovative technologies to distribute the identity attributes and build federated ecosystems. It is accessible as a web service via the wiseid.com trust services portal and enterprise standard APIs that allow the integration with business applications. The WISeID web services and Mobile Applications, available for download and use, provide users with a digital identity that can be used to secure email communication, digitally sign documents with legal validity and it’s complemented with features such as dual factor authentication and single sign-on. Several offers, such as digital certificates to secure the email or the authentication capabilities are offered free of charge, while others require a business subscription, in order to get access to validated identities and document signature capabilities.