TUNIS, Tunisia, Nov. 16 /CNW/ - As part of its support to the World Summit on
Information Society, WISeKey in cooperation with Microsoft and the OISTE Foundation
will be providing a Digital Identification Infrastructure designed to support a network of
20,000 Certification Authorities. Each of these Certification Authorities operating from
189 countries will be authorised to issue a minimum of 1,000 Digital Identities each
supported by the WISeKey-OISTE Trust Model creating a de-facto global digital identity
community of 20 million users.
WISeKey will be selecting organisations participating at WSIS as potential participants in
this program and will provide with one CertifyID Blackbox for issuance of eIDs to their
top clients and members participating at WSIS.
Carlos Moreira, President of WISeKey, commented, "The purpose of the Digital Identity is
to restore the ease and security human transactions once had when business was
conducted only face-to-face. In today's world, a networked world, we are often
conducting sensitive business and personal transactions over vast distances without ever
meeting or even speaking. Digital Identities are required worldwide so we ensure global
participation and we exclude the exclusion."
Jan Muehlfeit, Vice-President Public Sector Europe, Middle-East and Africa, Microsoft
Corporation commented, "Information security and the extension of workflow to include
citizens and companies are key components of e-government. We look to partners such
as WISeKey to ensure that solutions based on Microsoft technologies are delivering value
for the unique needs of the Public Sector."
Mr. Nitin Desai, Special Adviser of the United Nations Secretary-General to WSIS
commented, "The Digital Identification project foreseen by the OISTE Foundation using
WISeKey technologies will assist governments participating at WSIS to understand that
Digital Identification is not just about technology and electronic service delivery; it is
about using security, legislation, information and communications technology to improve
the delivery, quality and accessibility of public services built around the needs of the
citizen and customer. It will mean doing things in radically new and different ways and
will accelerate the process to bridge the digital divide gap."
Mr. Carlo Lamprecht, State Counsellor, Minister of Economy, Labour and Foreign Affairs,
State of Geneva, Switzerland, commented, "The work carried out by WISeKey and
partners in the area of Digital Identification will have profound implications in the way
the Internet will work in the future. Geneva as the birthplace of the World Wide Web and
headquarters of WISeKey is the ideal place to continue these discussions at the Geneva
World Security Forum, an event designed to continue the work of WSIS in this area." This
Forum planned for 2006 aims to be the world wide focal point for all security related
issues and solutions.
WISeKey is pleased to invite organisations participating at WSIS to visit the WISeKey
Digital Identification Center Stand 2202 Swiss Pavilion ICT4all Platform - WSIS 2005