From Delhi to London: A global journey reinforcing trust in identity

In today’s digital-first world, trust isn’t just built – it’s engineered. Over the past few months, I’ve had the privilege of traveling across continents, meeting decision-makers who share this vision of redefining how identity and security intersect. What began in India evolved into a truly global conversation about hardware-rooted authentication, biometrics, and digital sovereignty. If you’d like to see parts of this journey firsthand, a picture gallery awaits at the end of the post.

Delhi: policy and purpose
The journey began in Delhi, where we met with officials exploring secure digital identity and data-protection frameworks. The focus was clear: national critical infrastructure – including smart cities – requires authentication methods that are phishing-resistant, sovereignly manufactured, and privacy-preserving. A hardware-root-of-trust (HWRoT) chain ensures that rogue devices, components, firmware, or operating systems in products and services are eliminated.

Our discussions centered on the iShield Key family of products as a trust anchor for national ID and credential-issuance initiatives – combining encryption, compliance, face-biometric assurance, and post-quantum-cryptography (PQC) readiness.

Mumbai: the pulse of financial innovation
In Mumbai, the financial capital of India, we met with leading banks and financial institutions – all facing the same challenge: how to simplify user experience while eliminating credential-based attacks.

From securing high-value transactions to enabling strong consumer authentication for 3DS 2.2 adoption – avoiding MFA methods like SMS, email, or push-OTP – passwordless access for workforce and customers made iShield Key 2 stand out as a hardware-backed trust device protecting the core of financial ecosystems.

Bengaluru: tech, defense, and the gig workforce
The conversations in Bengaluru – India’s Silicon Valley – spanned both tech giants and defense innovators. With hybrid work, remote access, and AI-driven automation reshaping enterprise operations, back-office teams, call centers, and global competence centers (GCCs) seek continuous authentication to ensure the right person remains behind the screen.

We demonstrated use cases of iShield Key 2 integrating facial biometrics for zero-trust verification – even across air-gapped environments – protecting both creators in the digital economy and critical defense networks.

Kolkata: building with technology partners
In Kolkata, collaboration took center stage. We engaged with technology and integration partners eager to co-develop solutions that extend the iShield ecosystem – from digital identity wallets to enterprise IAM platforms. The enthusiasm was contagious and reinforced a simple truth: security innovation is as much about partnerships as it is about products.

Dubai: where vision meets velocity
From India, the journey continued to Dubai, where we connected with UAE agencies, banks, and defense contractors. Here, the discussion was about scale – how national identity systems and financial infrastructures can leverage verified credentials for identity proofing with biometric FIDO authentication and sovereign data-protection guarantees.

The Middle East is accelerating digital transformation faster than ever, and Swissbit is proud to be part of that trust foundation.

Munich: engineering meets tradition
Next stop: Munich – just in time for Oktoberfest. Amid the festivities, we hosted partners and enterprise leaders to showcase the capabilities of the Swissbit Berlin manufacturing facility. Walking them through our wafer-to-wallet production model – combining chip-level precision, firmware sealing, and clean-room assembly – drove home the point:

“We don’t just assemble devices. We build trust into every millimeter.”

London: identity, healthcare, and finance
The European leg concluded in London, where we engaged with national healthcare providers and banks exploring the future of digital identity assurance. With AI, compliance, and patient safety driving transformation, leaders see the need for authentication solutions that are secure and simple to deploy at scale.

Authenticate 2025: the world takes notice
The journey culminated at Authenticate 2025 in Carlsbad, California, where Swissbit’s iShield Key Face Bio demonstration received overwhelmingly positive feedback. FIDO Alliance members and cybersecurity experts experienced firsthand how facial biometrics, hardware-bound enrolment, and credential management – with single, periodic, and continuous authentication resilience – can come together to deliver both logical and physical access security in one seamless experience.

From government frameworks to fintech infrastructures, from defense installations to creative studios – one message echoed everywhere: “Sunset Password.” The world is ready for passwordless with trust that can be verified. And Swissbit is leading that transformation – one key, one identity, one partnership at a time.