WISeKey’s WIShelter App Includes a Vaccination Digital Certificate and Secure QRCode to Store Vaccine Certificates and Provide Access Control
To download the app visit: https://wiseid.com/wiseid-apps/wishelter/
WIShelter app acts as digital health record on a smartphone. With the WIShelter app, users can control their vaccination process and at the same time keep their data safe. The WIShelter app will integrate forthcoming Digital Vaccination Passports to be issued to the EU citizens and other countries in June. Using the Digital Vaccination Passport, EU citizens can prove that they have been vaccinated, recovered, or show COVID-19 test results.
WIShelter, a totally complementary tool, uses WISeKey’s encryption technology to store people’s most important health documents. All health details are encrypted and linked to the user’s identity, represented by a Digital Certificate. Encrypting these data is important to protect users’ confidential information and ensuring that are staying up-to-date with their health credentials, and are in compliance with all privacy requirements, like the European General Data Protection Regulation (Directive 95/46/EC), known as GDPR, the primary law regulating how companies protect EU citizens’ personal data.
The wide distribution and quick vaccination of the world’s population will help contain the spread of novel coronavirus and recovery of the global economy in 2021. The use of digital certification technologies such as the one provided by
WIShelter includes WISeID, a trusted identity service that enables access to the web and mobile applications with strong authentication techniques. WISeID supports online KYC onboarding, OTP and digital certificate login, and an innovative “hands-free” secure login based on QR-Codes which users can read using WIShelter SafePass mobile application without even having to type any password. Additional security services include digital signature services for documents. WISeID implements standards such as OpenID Connect and OAUTH2, that can be easily integrated by customers to enhance the security of their cloud applications. WISeID can also be combined with Microsoft Active Directory, facilitating integration with corporate applications.
The WIShelter SafePass suite was built by leaders in the clinical and technical field and allows for scalability and flexibility. It enables users to identify clinical COVID biomarkers, contact tracing, diagnostics, and triage for vaccine access, whilst keeping security at its core.
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