We have been busy since the pandemic started.
Over the. last 2 months, since the COVID 19 crisis started in Europe, we have taken initiatives to minimize risks to our business, develop and adapt new technologies to protect our customers against cyber-attacks and also protect shareholder value.
WISeKey is fully operational and part of our staff is working from home and others at the offices to maintain the critical infrastructures onsite (data centers, design labs, production centers etc.). While the safety and well-being of our employees and our customers remains our top priority, we recognize the important role we play in providing cybersecurity and identity management protection services during this critical time.
For those employees who are working from home, we have implemented a “teleworking” policy connected by video as well as the usual phone conference calls and the cybersecurity and technology necessary to do so, using the experience WISeKey has in this type of environment. For employees who require office attendance in Geneva, France, Taiwan, Japan, and USA we are taking significant steps to ensure seamless service delivery while safeguarding their health.
A special edition of WISeID is now available as a free download of our WISeID app, to secure interactions of teleworkers around the globe locked-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to help companies reduce information security risks. While this new Coronavirus is a real biological threat, it’s raising awareness in the cybersecurity community due to the increased use of remote connectivity or higher dependence on communication, such as email. Hackers are already profiting from this situation by launching new phishing attacks, pretending to be company managers or government agents, and trying to access computers and hijack corporate systems. In most companies the urgent need to enable teleworkers to keep up with their usual daily activities, has caught the IT infrastructures unprepared and not properly secured. Attackers are well aware of these deficiencies and will profit from it.
The use of PKI and Digital Certificates can help to secure email messages and reduce risks by adding digital signatures that ensure the authenticity of messages and also by enabling encryption of confidential data. WISeKey’s WISeID Identity Platform is available to anyone to obtain a digital certificate and immediately protect their email.
We have put together a team ready to respond to any challenges related to this pandemic and have Business Continuity Plans in place to ensure the continuation of services and in particular the manufacturing of our IoT micro-processors in Taiwan and Thailand.
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