Swiss WISeKey and iStorage Teaming Up

WISeKey International Holding Ltd., a cybersecurity and IoT company, and iStorage Ltd, in hardware encrypted storage and cloud encryption devices, are partnering to design solutions to protect sensitive data at rest or in transit and to offer security vs. hackers, detecting and responding to all forms of tampering.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has led to more and more employees working from home, thus spreading organizations’ sensitive data to unsecure places. The combination of WISeKey’s common criteria certified secure microprocessors and iStorage’s expertise to design certified secure storage solutions will create safe digital environments for remote work.

According to a Gartner Research study published in April 2020, 74% of companies plan to permanently shift to more remote work post Covid-19. The risk of data loss surges among other cybersecurity issues when sensitive corporate data is stored out of the companies’ secure digital environment. This also raises a serious liability concern: who’s responsible in case of data loss? iStorage’s answer is to incorporate WISeKey’s secure elements into storage devices and secure both companies’ and employees’ digital lives.

For decades, WISeKey has been provider of hardware and software digital security solutions for cyber-crime protection, people and object identification and authentication. It has been designing secure chips which are used in sensitive applications such as banking, national ID or PayTV.  Therefore, most of these chips are certified to Common Criteria EAL5+, a government grade security certification.

iStorage shares the same independent security certification approach for its HDD/SSD (diskAshur range), flash drives (datAshur range) and cloud encryption modules (cloudAshur). For instance, some of these devices are certified by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) following FIPS 140-2 Level 3 standard, one of the strongest digital security levels. Its products are also included in the NATO Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIACP) and certified to NAT Restricted Level. NCSC CPA and NLNCSA BSPA are other certifications.

“The new work behaviors induced from the global lockdown situation are generating new challenges to the companies’ IT organizations. The big question is how to bring corporate data security to the employees’ homes,” indicated Carlos Moreira, founder and CEO, WISeKey. “iStorage and WISeKey together have decided to contribute and win this challenge providing certified data protection solutions to match the most stringent requirements.“

“Today, iStorage is proud to count among its clients many of the world’s largest corporations from a range of sectors, including the government, defense, police and healthcare sectors among others, who rely on our secure solutions to comply with regulations and directives, such as GDPR, HIPAA and CCPA,” comments iStorage CEO John Michael. “Our partnership with WISeKey will help address the data protection and cybersecurity challenges many are currently facing with increased remote work.“