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About SwissSign

SwissSign, a subsidiary of Swiss Post, protects and accelerates your business processes with simple solutions for unique identification, digital signatures and secure communication.


The law and companies demand a legal obligation and a unique traceability for many business processes over the Internet. In most cases, this is only achieved, if at all, through a complicated process with a complex and costly IT security infrastructure.

The unpleasant consequences of this are security breaches or identity theft, processes that are not legally secure, frustrated customers and enormously high investments.


Could well-proven processes, such as the checking of an ID, the sending of a registered letter or the signing with a signature, not be simply taken over in the digital world?


The key lies in simplicity. Only easily operated and easily managed security concepts are successful in the practice. As a leading security specialist, SwissSign combines complex security technologies with simple application:

  • Identification/Authentication of persons or organisations (-> ID check)
  • The possibility of a legally binding statement of intent (-> valid signature)
  • Secure transmission with despatch and collection certificates (-> registered letter)
  • As a globally acknowledged Certificate Service Provider (CSP), SwissSign offers qualified certificates according to ZertES, trustworthy Standard-SSL, Wildcard-SSL, UCC / SAN SSL and EV-SSL certificates, Email certificates, as well as Managed PKI solutions for companies. SwissSign makes highly qualified and expert consultation available for the implementation of demanding projects.

 

SwissSign develops, produces and distributes the following for Swiss Post:

  • Swiss Post Box – Your online mailbox
  • Post SuisseID – Your digital identity and qualified certificate for Swiss Post
  • IncaMail – the Swiss Post platform for secure and verified E-Mails
  • Individual solutions with high security requirements for business customers and international post companies

 

Milestones:


2001:
Founding of SwissSign AG as a specialist for certificate-based IT security and data protection (privacy)

2005:
Takeover of SwissSign AG by the Swiss Post

2006:
Certification by KPMG as an acknowledged provider of qualified certificates according to ZertES
SwissSign fulfils the requirements for WebTrust and ISO 27001

2007:
SwissSign produces the Post Certificate and the Organisation Certificate according to ElDI-V and/or GeBüV for Swiss Post

2008:
Takeover of the development and marketing of IncaMail, the Swiss Post platform for secure and verified E-Mails
Launch of the SwissSign Web shop with SSL, personal and organisation certificates

2009:
Production of the first SSL Gold EV certificate and Wildcard SSL certificates
Takeover of the development and marketing of the market launch of the Swiss Post Box – your online mailbox
Market introduction of the SwissSticks, the simple and mobile total solution for secure access, digital signature and verified E-Mail
SwissSign produces around 2 million certificates for the insurance cards for the Helsana Group

2010:
Market introduction of the Post SuisseID and the SwissSigner signature software
Production of the first UCC SAN certificates