AXSionics AG

AXSionics AG is a start-up company founded in 2003 as a spin-off from the University of Applied Science Berne (Hochschule für Technik und Informatik). Axsionics provides secure and user-friendly authentication tokens for the access control for all kind of Identity Management Systems (IMS). Unlike most conventional solutions, the Axsionics authentication combines highest level of security and user-friendliness, full mobility and privacy protection, easy deployment and cost effectiveness.

The AXSionics solution is based on a change in paradigm for authentication and identity verification. Traditional systems always rely on centrally stored identifiers to link a person with its digital identity. The AXSionics authentication links a physical person to its digital identity in a decentralised process. It happens only between the individual and a personalized token that holds and encloses all critical information, like biometric data. The token itself guarantees the identity of its holder. It responds with a One-Time-PIN code whenever it is triggered by a challenge response protocol from a PKI infrastructure. The simple authentication protocol can run over several communication channels that use only freely available data terminals. No additional hardware, downloads or sensors are necessary. The concept allows full mobility and immediate roll-out.

AXSionics contributes to FIDIS with a demonstrator system to show that always and anywhere available secure authentication and full protection of privacy is not a contradiction. It consist of the AXS-Identity card together with the authentication platform integrated in an IMS that allows an owner to proof his identity at any computer in the world over a simple Internet connection. Currently first prototypes of the card are available and the serial production is in preparation.

Further information is available at  www.axsionics.ch.