As a private person you create your own personal SecureSafe online backup for storing your important documents and passwords that you can access at anytime via the Internet, iPhone, iPad or Android app.
As a company you can offer your customers an online 'digital safe deposit box' for secure online storage of documents and passwords.
DSwiss functions as a Swiss bank for information assets. We offer customers and business partners highly secure - Internet services - worldwide and the long-term retention of important digital assets. DSwiss is an independent Swiss company limited by shares (Aktiengesellschaft) with its registered headquarter in Zurich, Switzerland.
DSwiss offers companies highly secure Internet data safes as SaaS solutions and has comprehensive expertise in long term storage for digital assets. With over 20 years experience in IT risk management and in the protection of Internet banking and other business-critical applications, we are experts in developing applications that satisfy the highest international security standards.
Tobias Christen has over 20 years’ experience in software and IT product development. In early 2008 Tobias joined DSwiss as CTO from Zurich Financial Services where he had worked for several years to build up a new security architecture and develop their IT risk strategy. He began his career at UBS in a research team specialising in new Internet technologies before leaving to join a leading international security-software company - Stonesoft - where he held the positions of Head of Research and Development, Head of Product Management, and CEO. Tobias has a PhD degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, and is co-founder of the “OpenSecurityArchitecture.org” online community.
Andreas Jacob is an Internet pioneer following the launch of his first commercial Internet project in the early 1990s. He has worked in the IT industry for over 20 years and has a proven track record in bringing new products and services to the market. Andreas is a co-founder and managing partner of AVANTEC AG, which has risen to become the leading IT security integrator in Switzerland. He is also a co-founder of Sysformance AG, an Internet performance monitoring company, and a co-founder of DSwiss AG. Andreas Jacob holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).
Lukas von Känel, born 1964, is a pioneer in the field of IT security and the internet. He is currently CEO of AVANTEC AG, which he co-founded in 1995 and is now the leading IT security integrator in Switzerland. In addition, Lukas is co-founder of Sysformance AG (now a Gomez Company), as well as being a co-founder of DSwiss AG. His earlier career included positions at AT&T Bell Labs and Tibco Inc., leading innovators in UNIX and TCP/IP networking applications. Lukas holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH).
Dr. Walter Hürsch is Executive Partner and Co-Founder of Zühlke Ventures Ltd. He is also a member of the executive committee of Zühlke Group where he has worked since 1995. The Zühlke Group is an international consulting and technology company with 500 employees. Zühlke Ventures supports high-tech start-up companies with capital and management know-how. In 2000 Hürsch participated in the Zühlke Management Buyout in which the group,founded in 1968 by Gerry Zühlke, was sold to management. He then served until 2007 as Chairman and until 2010 as Head of Software Engineering. He studied physics at ETH Zürich and received a PhD in computer science from Northeastern University in Boston, USA. Hürsch also completed the Mastering Technology Enterprises Program at IMD in Lausanne.
AVANTEC has been a leading Swiss provider of IT security solutions since 1995. AVANTEC is an investor and assists DSwiss with security engineering and with a banking compliant data centre through AVANTEC NET.
Zühlke Ventures supports technology-oriented companies with financial resources and active support. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Zühlke Group they can draw on a comprehensive network and extensive know-how in both management and technology.
To develop and deliver our services, we rely on cooperation with competent partners who share our values and can develop lasting solutions together with us.
The Institute of Applied Information Technology (Information Security) is an important partner for security architecture, implementation and testing.
DSwiss has been allocated considerable funds from the Swiss Federation to generate innovation and to transfer knowledge in collaboration with the universities.