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04 November 2025, 0 Comments

10 years of Nitrokey–A Decade of Digital Security

How time flies. Nitrokey was founded ten years ago with the mission of making digital security, data protection, and sovereignty accessible to everyone. Our goal is to develop the best open source security hardware – and we are world leaders in this field.

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01 October 2025, 0 Comments

NetHSM 3.0: Bitcoin Curve secp256k1, Brainpool, EJBCA, Performance

We are proud to release a new software update for the NetHSM with important features! This significantly expands the range of use cases in which NetHSM can be used.

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29 September 2025, 0 Comments

Visit us at it-sa 2025 in Nuremberg – Free Ticket

We are delighted to be exhibiting at it-sa 2025 in Nuremberg this year! Visit us from October 7th-9th in hall 6, booth 6-101b – together with our partners from Tropic Square. We will be presenting a selection of our products, including our NitroPhone and NitroPad, which you are welcome to try out. In addition, the first Nitrokey with Tropic Square's open-source security chip will be on display.

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02 September 2025, 0 Comments

Three New NitroWall Models With Fast CPU, Wi-Fi, LTE

We want to build on the success of our previous NitroWall models and are now offering three new devices. These are equipped with a fast Intel CPU, 2.5 GBit Ethernet ports, integrated eMMC memory, and optional WiFi 6, LTE, and NVMe SSD. These NitroWalls are suitable as powerful firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), VPN gateways, and industrial PCs. The devices consist of a fanless, robust metal housing and are therefore suitable for both private use and industrial environments.

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01 July 2025, 18 Comments

NLnet Foundation Supports Nitrokey 3 Storage and FIDO2 Level 2 Certification

We are thrilled to announce two major projects related to our flagship product, the Nitrokey 3. Funded by the NLnet Foundation, these projects aim to improve our offerings and reinforce our dedication to open-source security solutions.

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28 May 2025, 0 Comments

Affordable NitroPhone 5a With Long Battery Life And High Security

The new NitroPhone 5a offers mid- to high-end performance at an affordable entry-level price:

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29 January 2025, 0 Comments

New NetHSM 2 Hardware, Over 50 % Faster, Redundant PSU

After releasing NetHSM just over a year ago, we are pleased to announce its successor, NetHSM 2. It is characterized by significantly more powerful hardware and therefore offers even better speed. On average, the speed increase is 54% and can be up to 73% depending on the algorithm.

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22 January 2025, 0 Comments

Nitrokey 3 Firmware 1.8 With PIV Windows Login, NIST P-521, Brainpool

We recently released the new firmware 1.8.0 for Nitrokey 3 devices. This introduces the PIV (Personal Identity Verification) functionality for the first time to enable organizations to use convenient and secure two-factor authentication on Windows PCs. PIV is an established smart card standard which is primarily used for:

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25 September 2024, 12 Comments

NitroPhone 5: The most secure smartphone for the first time in 4 new models, XL, Fold!

This has never happened before: our NitroPhone family has been expanded with four new models! For the first time there is a foldable phone. The new NitroPhones combine state-of-the-art technology with unsurpassed security and privacy. Whether for personal or professional use, the NitroPhone 5 offers the perfect solution for all requirements.

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06 September 2024, 6 Comments

Nitrokeys Offer Investment Security Without Infineon's Security Vulnerability

Recently, a significant security vulnerability in Infineon security chips was made public. Nitrokeys do not contain Infineon chips and are therefore not affected by this security vulnerability! Nevertheless, this incident holds interesting lessons for Nitrokey and our customers.

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