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Security: Wisekey, HP and Microsoft Authenticate Electronic Identity

Geneva (ots)

From Identity Cards to e-Government Services, This Flexible Solution
Fulfils Government Needs for Security
Note: The complete Agefi article can be downloaded in French and   
      English at: 
      http://www.presseportal.ch/fr/story.htx?firmaid=100006027
Security, terrorism, biometrics. To say the least,
these concerns were at the heart of intense activity during the last
few days. Early in the week, Brussels was receiving the first
post-election visit of the US Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael
Chertoff, who encouraged Europeans to tune their security controls to
US methods, to improve the effectiveness of the fight against
terrorism. On Friday, at the Hewlett Packard (HP) Innovation Center
in Geneva, the international press was invited to a conference that
announced the creation of a new National Identification System (NIS)
developed jointly by HP, Microsoft and most importantly, Geneva
start-up Wisekey.
Even if these events were not truly linked, the fact remains that
identity management remains one of the greatest challenges for
government. According to a study carried out by the US based company,
Morgan Keegan, this market represents approximately US$4.8 billion
dollars globally and should reach US$10.7 billion by 2007. In Europe,
more than 120 billion Euros have already been invested in the public
sector in this area (government, police, Lisbon agenda, etc.); the
budget devoted to security has doubled to 70 billion Euros; and 8
billion Euros have been directed to border protection, stated Pascal
Detemmerman, HP Vice President of Public Sector, on Friday. "Today's
need for secure identification of individuals on national and
international levels is such that only an alliance between various
partners can guarantee the development of optimal solutions and their
success," added Gilles Polin, director of EMEA e-Government solutions
Microsoft.

Contact:

Source L'Agefi:
Sylvie Gardel
http://www.agefi.com
E-Mail: s.gardel@agefi.com

Daniel Ybarra
E-Mail: daniel@wisekey.ch
Tel. +41-22-929-57-57
http://www.wisekey.ch

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