The Inside IT article reports on KOBIL’s expansion into Switzerland with the opening of a new office in Zug in April 2006. The company planned to strengthen its local presence, support existing customers such as UBS and Basler Versicherungen more directly, and attract new customers while continuing to work through channel partners and distributors.
The article also presents KOBIL as an established specialist in identity management, founded in 1986 and employing around 60 people at the time. It highlights the growing importance of identity security amid trends such as employee mobility, e-banking, phishing, single sign-on and compliance, while noting KOBIL’s broad portfolio spanning PKI software, authentication devices and its mIDentity technology.