About us
A-Trust
Compliance, integrity, convenience and above all security: A-Trust is the reliable partner when it comes to security in the digital space and stands for innovative and professional identification, certificate and signature solutions.
Our expertise
your benefit.
With over 20 years of experience in the Austrian certificate field and more than 4 million active qualified certificates, A-Trust not only stands for consistency and investment security, but has also advanced to become the industry leader in the field of qualified electronic signatures.
Our base
Trust.
Since A-trust was founded in the year 2000, our focus has always been on confidentiality and integrity. This is how we ensure that you and your data are protected digitally in the best possible way.
Experience.
For over 20 years, we have been providing professional and reliable certificate solutions and have played a key role in the digitalization of Austria. With our knowledge and experience, we support customers in Austria, Germany and throughout Europe: our expertise is also to your advantage.
Success.
With around 4 million users of an A-Trust QES (e.g. ID Austria or xIDENTITY), A-Trust is the Austrian market leader in the field of qualified electronic signatures. We are proud to contribute to the cross-border digitalization of Europe and to develop innovative solutions together with our numerous partners.
Your data in safe hands
Qualified trust service provider according to eIDAS
As a qualified trust service provider, we are conformity assessed in accordance with Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No. 910/2014 (eIDAS Regulation). All our qualified services are eIDAS-compliant and meet the highest security and data protection requirements.
100% GDPR-compliant
Data protection is our top priority: With our strict security precautions and careful data processing, we ensure that all information is kept confidential, integrity-protected and secure at all times, making us 100% GDPR-compliant.
ISO 27001 certified
We also focus on information security: our ISO 27001 certification ensures that essential security controls and measures are implemented to guarantee the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all information.
A-Trust in figures
4 Mio.+
Active qualified certificates
Among these are our ID Austria, Handy‑Signatur and xIDENTITY certificates
10 Mio.+
Signatures per month
The signatures include logins, document signatures and RK signatures
2.000+
Partnerships
These include, for example, technical, integration and cash register partners
~80%
Market share for cach register certificates
A-Trust is a proud member of the following associations and organizations
aed – Agency for Economic Cooperation and Development
aed is the federal government's service provider for the implementation of international reform projects and represents Austria's interests in projects funded by the EU and other international institutions. aed is an Austrian agency organized in the form of a non-profit association.
AUSTRIAPRO
AUSTRIAPRO provides information on the importance and benefits of standard-compliant e-business solutions and promotes their introduction and dissemination. AUSTRIAPRO actively participates in national and international e-business standardization, develops best practice through e-business pilot projects and makes expert knowledge available to domestic companies.
Austrian Digital Value
The ADV is an independent, neutral and non-political association in the fast-moving ICT sector in Austria, which represents the interests of its members, promotes cooperation with other interest groups and ensures an up-to-date and supra-regional information status.
Bitkom
Bitkom e. V. is the industry association of the German information and telecommunications sector. Bitkom's aim is to make Germany a leading digital location, drive forward the digital transformation of the German economy and administration, strengthen digital sovereignty and achieve broad social participation in digital developments.
Cloud Signature Consortium
The Cloud Signature Consortium is a group of industry and academic organizations committed to building a new standard for cloud-based digital signatures that will support web and mobile applications and comply with the most demanding electronic signature regulations in the world.
DIO
The Data Intelligence Offensive (DIO) is a cooperation platform that connects data-producing, data-processing and data-using stakeholders along the data value chain. The aim is to create an open and transparent data ecosystem based on working groups, data spaces and data circles.
DOXNET
DOXNET is an international trade and interest group for users and manufacturers in the field of high-volume digital printing and document management, including digital document workflows. The aims of the association are to provide training and information on industry topics, to network experts and to provide forums for joint exchange.
Digitaloffensive Österreich
The Digitaloffensive Österreich sees itself as a lobby for all stakeholders in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT). Its main aim is to strengthen cooperation between politics and business in order to successfully position and promote Austria as a location for ICT.
KSÖ
Kompetenzzentrum Sicheres Österreichaims to make Austria more secure. To this end, the KSÖ has been promoting the exchange of experience, further development and addressing new topics relating to the central area of internal security for many years and brings together committed personalities from business, science, administration and politics.
OSSBIG
OSSBIG is a dedicated community of open source advocates working to promote and spread open source and digital sovereignty. The diverse network includes developers, government agencies, educational institutions, programmers, IT experts, students, teachers and other interested parties!
TeleTrusT
The Bundesverband IT-Sicherheit e.V. (TeleTrusT) is a non-profit association with the aim of promoting professionalism in the field of information security and raising awareness. TeleTrusT represents the largest competence network for IT security in Germany and Europe and offers forums for experts, organizes events and comments on current IT security issues.
VSDI
Verband Sichere Digitale Identitäten (VSDI) is Germany's nationwide network for companies, universities and research institutions that promotes the transformation from analog to digital identities. The association shares the combined expertise of its members and uses its initiatives to enable secure, user-friendly and data protection-compliant digital identities.
Management board
CEO
Dr. Markus Vesely
CFO
DI Sven Glöckner
CTO