DAASI INTERNATIONAL GMBH

Their core work

DAASI International is a small German technology company that builds and operates identity and access management infrastructure for research environments. Their work centers on federated authentication systems — the technical layer that allows researchers at different institutions to securely log in and share digital resources across organizational boundaries. They contributed to both phases of AARC (2015–2019), the flagship EU effort to create a pan-European Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure for research and collaboration. For research organizations and e-infrastructure operators, they provide the specialist expertise needed to connect identity systems across institutions, disciplines, and national borders.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both of DAASI's H2020 projects fall within the same thematic programme — building a federated Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure for research — meaning there is no visible shift in direction within this dataset. Their participation in AARC2 following AARC suggests a deepening and continuation of the same specialization rather than any pivot. No keyword data is available in CORDIS for these projects, so finer-grained evolution analysis is not possible from this dataset alone.

DAASI shows a focused, deepening commitment to research AAI infrastructure, making them a stable long-term partner for any consortium building secure, cross-institutional digital environments.

How they like to work

DAASI has participated exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator, across both H2020 projects. Both projects involved large, multi-country consortia (30 unique partners across 13 countries), suggesting DAASI operates as a specialist contributor within broad infrastructure programmes rather than leading project management. This profile is typical of a focused technical SME that brings a specific, hard-to-replace capability and integrates into large collaborative efforts.

DAASI has worked with 30 unique partners across 13 countries, all through the AARC ecosystem — a network that spans major European research infrastructure operators, identity federations, and NRENs. Their connections are concentrated within the research infrastructure and e-science community rather than spread across sectors.

What sets them apart

DAASI is a rare private-sector SME operating at the intersection of enterprise directory services and research infrastructure — a niche where most competitors are either large IT vendors or academic groups. Their sustained involvement across two consecutive AARC phases signals recognised technical credibility within the European research AAI community. For a consortium building identity or access management components into a research platform, DAASI offers practitioner-grade expertise that academic partners typically cannot provide in-house.

Highlights from their portfolio

• AARC
  The first phase of the flagship EU initiative to build a pan-European Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure, establishing the blueprint that most research infrastructures now follow.
• AARC2
  The follow-on phase that piloted and hardened the AARC blueprint in production environments, confirming DAASI as a trusted recurring contributor to Europe's research identity ecosystem.