WISeKey Delivers Secure Microcontrollers for LEGIC's Multi-Purpose 
Security Modules / Reader ICs 
 
   Geneva -- February 2, 2021 - WISeKey International Holding Ltd 
("WISeKey", SIX: WIHN / Nasdaq: WKEY), a leading cybersecurity, AI and 
IoT company, today announced that is has delivered microcontrollers from 
its MicroXsafe range to LEGIC Identsystems ("LEGIC"), a Swiss-based 
provider of a Security Platform for smartphone- and smartcard-based 
access, mobility, shared resource and industrial IoT applications. 
 
   "We are proud to continue to work with LEGIC, a valued customer for the 
past six years, to develop highly secured microcontrollers. Our 
cooperation with LEGIC in the secure microcontroller range is a strong 
recognition of our unparalleled expertise in developing innovative 
products specifically designed to support our clients' unique security 
requirements," said Carlos Moreira, CEO and Founder of WISeKey. 
 
   The MicroXsafe range contains microcontrollers based on the ARM SC300 
core with crypto accelerators and 1 MB Flash and provides LEGIC with a 
very high level of security for their current security module that 
supports all globally relevant smartcard technologies such as LEGIC 
prime and advant, MIFARE(R), and HID iCLASS(R), as well as mobile 
applications implementing LEGIC neon files. The module's high security 
requirements are fulfilled with the Common Criteria EAL5+ certified 
products of the MicroXsafe range, delivering mutual authentication, key 
diversification, and data encryption. 
 
   "Thanks to the dedication of WISeKey's team in supporting us in the 
development of the secure code in their products, we have been able to 
successfully integrate these secure elements in one of our high runners 
in the LEGIC Security Platform," said Marcel Plüss, Vice President 
Innovation & Technology, LEGIC. 
 
   MicroXSafe products are part of the secure semiconductor portfolio of 
WISeKey.  For more information on WISeKey's secure semiconductor 
products please visit: 
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https://www.wisekey.com/products-services/secure-semiconductors/secure-microcontrollers/. 
 
 
   About WISeKey 
 
   WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global 
cybersecurity company currently deploying large scale digital identity 
ecosystems for people and objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT 
respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey 
microprocessors secure the pervasive computing shaping today's Internet 
of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install base of over 1.5 billion 
microchips in virtually all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart cities, 
drones, agricultural sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, 
servers, computers, mobile phones, crypto tokens etc.).  WISeKey is 
uniquely positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors 
produce a huge amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial 
Intelligence (AI), can help industrial applications to predict the 
failure of their equipment before it happens. 
 
   Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey's Swiss based 
cryptographic Root of Trust ("RoT") provides secure authentication and 
identification, in both physical and virtual environments, for the 
Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. The WISeKey 
RoT serves as a common trust anchor to ensure the integrity of online 
transactions among objects and between objects and people. For more 
information, visit www.wisekey.com. 
 
   About LEGIC 
 
   For over 25 years, Swiss-based LEGIC Identsystems has enabled companies 
from around the world to deploy solutions with demanding security 
requirements. 
 
   Based on key management, trusted services and secure, contactless 
semiconductors, the LEGIC Security Platform provides end-to-end security 
for smartphone- and smartcard-based access, mobility, shared resource 
and industrial IoT applications. 
 
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WISeKey International Holding Ltd  WISeKey Investor Relations (US) 
 Company Contact: Carlos Moreira    Contact: Lena Cati 
 Chairman & CEO                     The Equity Group Inc. 
 Tel: +41 22 594 3000               Tel: +1 212 836-9611 
 info@wisekey.com                   lcati@equityny.com 
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