Founded in 1999, Safelayer Secure Communications S.A. is a leading provider of security software for public key infrastructure (PKI), multi‐factor authentication (identity federation, adaptive authentication, Mobile ID), electronic signature, data encryption and protecting electronic transactions.

Safelayer’s eID technologies protect, serve and make use of the digital identities of people (corporate users and citizens) and connected objects (software systems or hardware devices) and are contributing to build trust in the digital era.

Safelayer technology is extremely flexible and can provide solutions for vertical markets such as digital banking, telco, energy, e‐commerce and e‐government.

Safelayer’s authentication solution assesses the risk level of the authentication and acts as an additional security layer, even for identities managed by third parties. The system classifies authentication methods and transparently analyses context information with the security level required for the identification, which allows it to achieve the optimal balance between security, cost and ease of use.

Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)technology – to help businesses determine the identity of different people, devices, and services. This PKI technology is vital in countering the rising threat of cyber-attacks and malicious insiders and helps to control how users and entities access sensitive data and critical system resources – ensuring users can be validated beyond reasonable doubt and on a mass scale. It is an integral solution for deploying the new eIDAS trust services.