Our mission focuses on the provision of key enablers for trust, privacy and security -including secure and user-centric identity management schemes, distributed ledger-based solutions and trust-enabling services- enabling interoperability across domains and borders over heterogeneous digital services value chains, in compliance with regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, eIDAS, NIS, SDGR, among others. By placing people at the centre of research and technology, we focus on developing reliable assets and trustworthy solutions suitable for Atos customers in different vertical markets, fostering competitive advantages in an increasingly complex and distributed environment with multiple state-of-art technologies.
The Blockchain, Identity and Privacy Unit acts as a reference point and provides resources, technical support, and advice to a wide range of research and innovation initiatives related to the technologies under its scope, be it research on the technologies themselves, improvements, linking with other technologies, or research about applications in specific vertical markets, across domains, or in relation to other technologies or solutions.
In a context of increased cyber threats, including different forms of identity-related crimes, we allow to efficiently protect who and what we are, addressing -in all aspects of life involving ICT and online services- fundamental human rights and freedoms including the right to personal data protection. From the viewpoint of one of the world's leading cybersecurity companies, we approach technological development in this field from 3 complementary perspectives:
We work with a wide range of end-users who have validated over time our solutions in several different areas:
Our unique selling proposition focuses on electronic identity management and advanced personal data protection solutions where we act as technology providers, integrators, and consultants for verticals in public and private sectors.