Wednesday 20 January 2016

WISeKey and CenturyLink Sign Collaboration Agreement to Explore Analytics Cybersecurity Solutions for Internet of Things Providers

GENEVA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WISeKey, a leading cybersecurity company, and CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL), a global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company, today announced the signing, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, of a collaboration agreement to explore a future relationship to jointly offer a managed digital identity solution for Internet of Things (IoT) providers.

“This collaboration agreement with WISeKey is a first step toward a relationship that we hope will instill confidence in companies that manage and secure connected devices, and we look forward to collaborating to jointly serve this growing market.”

Through this collaboration agreement, WISeKey and CenturyLink plan to work toward a relationship where they may collaborate on joint solutions that enable global corporations to secure their IoT infrastructure and ensure the privacy of their data. WISeKey would like to leverage CenturyLink’s data center presence in the United States to establish a Root of Trust (RoT), which provides the foundation behind trusted computing and allows IoT device verification at the hardware level, in order to support the needs of U.S.-based corporations and government establishments.  For the full article click here



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