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SEALSQ joins ECHONET Consortium as PKI Services provider to Strengthen IoT Security in Smart Home and Energy Networks in Japan
Geneva, Switzerland/ Tokyo , Japan , March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEALSQ Corp. (NASDAQ: LAES) ("SEALSQ" or "the Company"), which focuses on the
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[{"type":"text","content":"Geneva, Switzerland/ Tokyo , Japan , March 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEALSQ Corp. (NASDAQ: LAES) (\"SEALSQ\" or \"the Company\"), which focuses on the development and sale of hardware and software products for semiconductors, PKI, and post-quantum technologies, today announces it has joined the ECHONET Consortium, a leading international standardization body for smart home and energy management systems. The ECHONET Consortium plans to significantly enhance its ECHONET Lite security framework with public key infrastructure (PKI) technology, and SEALSQ aims to contribute to enhancing the identity, authentication, and reliability of ECHONET Lite devices by providing its INeS (Identity Network Security) PKI platform services to Consortium members. As smart homes, energy systems, and connected devices continue to scale rapidly, the need for robust, interoperable, and future-proof security mechanisms has become critical. By integrating PKI in its architecture, the ECHONET Consortium aims to ensure secure communications and scalable trust management for newly introduced devices. SEALSQ aims to contribute to this initiative by providing its INeS PKI platform, designed specifically for large-scale IoT and embedded environments. INeS enables secure device onboarding, certificate lifecycle management, authentication, and cryptographic trust. “Security will become a foundational requirement for the long-term success of smart energy and home automation systems,” said a spokesperson from the ECHONET Consortium. “By reinforcing our specifications with PKI-based device identity, we are enabling ECHONET members to deploy solutions that are secure by design, scalable, and resilient against evolving cyber threats.” The market opportunity of this strategic activity is substantial. According to Grand View Research (2024), the global smart home market — of which ECHONET Lite ecosystem represents a significant segment — is projected to grow from $127.8 billion in 2024 to $537.3 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 27.0%, with security and access control constituting its largest product category. The global IoT security market, of which PKI-based device authentication is a foundational pillar, is separately forecast to reach $141.8 billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 26.8% (Grand View Research, 2024), driven in part by mandatory security-by-design regulation incl...