Korea Electronic Certification Authority
Korean certification authority and electronic authentication brand operating under the CROSSCERT name, providing digital certificates and authentication solutions.
Last updated September 16, 2026
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Overview
Korea Electronic Certification Authority (한국전자인증 / CROSSCERT) is a Korean electronic authentication institution. According to its CEO message, 한국전자인증주식회사 was launched on 17 March 1999 as a purely private certification authority and describes itself as Korea's first electronic authentication institution and a representative Korean authentication brand. It states that it serves customers in Korea and worldwide, and that it partnered with VeriSign in September 1999 to build a global certification center, issuing global certificates directly from January 2000. Its offerings include Managed PKI certificate services, FIDO-based simple pay authentication, integrated authentication solutions, and it states it is preparing V2X and charger certificate services for IoT areas such as autonomous driving and electric vehicles. It also describes a global authentication brand, TuringSign, following a strategic partnership with WISeKey of Geneva, Switzerland in December 2020, and the establishment of TuringSign Global SA in Geneva in June 2023 through the US corporation Cosmotown.
History
According to the CEO message on its official website, 한국전자인증주식회사 was launched on 17 March 1999 as a purely private certification authority and Korea's first electronic authentication institution. In September 1999 it partnered with VeriSign, the world's largest certification authority, to build a global certification center, and from January 2000 it has directly issued and provided global certificates. In December 2020 it formed a strategic partnership with WISeKey, a global certification authority based in Geneva, Switzerland, and from 2021 began developing a global authentication service model under the global electronic authentication brand TuringSign. In June 2023, through the US corporation Cosmotown, it established TuringSign Global SA, a global certification authority in Geneva, Switzerland, and aimed to prepare issuance of SSL website certificates globally, starting with the Asia-Pacific region, targeting the first half of 2024.
Products and positioning
Describes itself as the symbol of trust in the online society and a representative Korean authentication brand, and as Korea's only global certification authority serving customers in Korea and worldwide.
Digital certificates
SSL certificates
Managed PKI certificate service
FIDO simple pay authentication
Integrated authentication solutions
Electronic contract solutions
Mobile authentication solutions
Device (IoT) authentication solutions
Biometric authentication solutions
UniSign identity verification service
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