WISeKey launches IoT partnerships via the Trust Protocol Association to 
monetize its intellectual property (IP) portfolio, including both patent 
and data assets 
 
   Geneva, Switzerland/New York, USA -- December 14, 2020 -- WISeKey 
International Holding Ltd. ("WISeKey" NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: 
WIHN), a leading cybersecurity IoT company, today announced the launch 
of IoT partnerships via the Trust Protocol Association to monetize its 
intellectual property (IP) portfolio, including both patent and data 
assets. 
 
   With a rich portfolio of more than 46 patent families, covering over 100 
fundamental individual patents, and another 22 patents under review, 
WISeKey continues to expand its technology footprint in various domains 
including the design of secure chips powered with near field 
communication (NFC) technology, development of security firmware and 
backend software, secure management of data, improvement of security 
protocols between connected objects and advanced cryptography. The 
Company has filed strategic patents in U.S. which are essential to the 
digital transformation applications that are fueling the growth in the 
IoT market (see list patents 
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https://www.wisekey.com/company/our-value-proposition/our-patents/). 
 
   For WISeKey, adding to its patent portfolio and intellectual property is 
key to ensuring that it remains a major player in the IoT industry for 
years to come, providing its customers with scientifically proven 
technology that differentiates and protects their products from 
counterfeiting, adds valuable supply-chain tracking features, and 
prevents the loss of sensitive enterprise and consumer data. 
 
   Digital transformation in the IoT market is opening up new applications 
that can improve the efficiencies of power grids, use NFC chips embedded 
on pharmaceutical labels to provide better quality healthcare, or secure 
autonomous vehicles but it's also creating new security risks, each with 
its own set of challenges and consequences. Digital identities provided 
as part of the WISeKey Integrated Security Platforms act as the first 
line of defense in IoT security architectures by giving each object its 
own unique, immutable, identity that can be used for strong 
authentication of the device and encryption of sensitive data as it 
travels from the edge to the cloud. 
 
   The purpose of the Trust Protocol Association is to establish a new 
Trust Protocol for the internet combining traditional Cryptographic 
Trust Models with distributed blockchain ledgers creating a new Global 
Trust platform. 
 
   The mission of the Association is to create an ecosystem of governmental, 
technology and business partners, each representing a node with the 
possibility to have multiple nodes per country. 
 
   Blockchain-based solutions aim to override the need for a central 
authority by distributing information previously held in a centralized 
repository across a network of participating nodes. While Blockchain is 
not owned by one individual or organization, anyone with an internet 
connection (and access, in the case of private Blockchains) can make use 
of it, help maintain and verify it. When a transaction is made on a 
Blockchain, it is added to a group of transactions, known as 'blocks". 
Each block of transactions is added to the database in a chronological, 
immutable chain. Each block is stamped with a unique cryptographic code, 
which ensures that records are not counterfeited or changed. The 
Blockchain approach lacks legal validity in most jurisdictions, which 
only recognize the digital signatures as equally valid that manuscript 
signatures when generated using traditional PKI technology. 
 
   The Trust Protocol Association is working with a number of members in 
USA, Asia MEA and Europe to deploy a fully compliant Trusted Health 
Passport using the WIShelter Version 2, a new application in the WISeID 
App ecosystem, designed to remediate risks during the global COVID-19 
lockdown period. Using their digital identity secured by WISeKey, users 
will be able to geo-localize other certified users and stablish secure 
communications. If needed, the app allows users to prove to local 
authorities that they are respecting the stay at home recommendations. 
To ensure the data privacy, each user's Personal Identifiable 
Information is kept encrypted and never disclosed without their consent. 
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https://www.wisekey.com/press/wisekey-oiste-org-and-the-trust-protocol-association-to-help-health-organizations-deploy-a-covid-19-trusted-health-passport-on-the-blockchain/. 
 
 
   About WISeKey 
 
   WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY) 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 
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