The Digital Key to Success - SITS
Event

The Digital Key to Success

Future-proof use of certificates and electronic signatures
12.03.2026
The Circle | Flughafen Zurich | 8058 Zurich | Switzerland
GERMAN

Digital transformation presents companies with new challenges—while at the same time opening up enormous opportunities. Certificates, digital signatures, and crypto-agile security architectures form the foundation of trust, compliance, and resilience in a connected world.

With the event “The Digital Key to Success,” we bring together industry experts, decision-makers, and practitioners to explore how modern organizations can protect digital assets, ensure long-term security, and prepare for the post-quantum era.

Secure digital keys for a connected future

Digital transformation opens up enormous opportunities—while also introducing increasing risks, more complex hybrid IT landscapes, and higher regulatory requirements. Certificates, digital signatures, and crypto-agile security architectures form the foundation of trust, compliance, and digital resilience.

With the SITS event “The Digital Key to Success”, we bring together specialists, executives, and practitioners to discuss practical strategies, key challenges, and possible paths toward the post-quantum era—and to address the central questions of digital security.

Join us and take an active role in shaping the digital security of your organization.

Your Benefits at a Glance

  • A future-proof security strategy: Learn how organizations securely manage keys, certificates, and digital signatures—today and tomorrow.

  • Crypto agility & post-quantum readiness: Understand how to prepare your organization early for post-quantum-ready security architectures.

  • Confident compliance: Practical approaches to addressing regulatory requirements such as FINMA, NIS2, and DORA.

  • Practical insights & best practices: Gain concrete case studies and real-world experience from proven projects.

  • Networking on equal terms: Exchange ideas with experts and peers on current challenges and effective solutions.

What you can expect

  • Gain insights into current and future use cases, including how organizations manage and protect digital assets in hybrid and cloud environments using true-Xtender and true-Sign.

  • Plan ahead by addressing post-quantum cryptography (PQC) early and establishing a crypto-agile approach.

  • Network with experts and peers to exchange experiences, best practices, and innovative ideas.

Agenda

program item
Speaker
08:30 – 09:00 a.m.
Welcome Coffee & Registration
09:00 – 09:15 a.m.
Introduction and Objectives of the Conference
Stephan Wettstein, SITS – Managing Director Cryptography & Software Solutions
09:15 – 10:15 a.m.
⭐ Keynote: From Classical to Post-Quantum Cryptography(English)
Challenges, progress and the need for crypto agility
Kenny Paterson
Professor of Computer Science, ETH Zurich
10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break & Networking
11:00 – 11:50 a.m.
Automation Meets Security: The Future of Certificate Management
Presentation followed by a panel discussion
Andreas Philipp
SITS, Head of Applied Crypto, Business Development
11:50 a.m. – 13:30 p.m.
Lunch & Networking
13:30 – 14:00 p.m.
Secure Device Identity and Trust Establishment with Certificates (English)
R. Partyka
Principal Technology Consultant
14:00 – 14:45 p.m.
Crypto Agility & Post-Quantum Cryptography
A Practical Guide for Organizations
Rene Eberhard
SITS, Head of Business Development
14:45 – 15:15 p.m.
Coffee Break & Networking
15:15 – 15:45 p.m.
Roadmap: true-Xtender & true-Sign
Outlook on upcoming developments and innovations
Thomas Stucky
SITS, Practice Head Applied Crypto
15:45 – 16:00 p.m.
Summary & Outlook
Stephan Wettstein
SITS, Managing Director Cryptography & Software Solutions

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Location

Termin

Date: March 12, 2026
Time: starting at 8:30 a.m.

We review each application in relation to the target group and competitive situation, and reserve the right to decline it if necessary.