Dutch SME enabling LoA 4 hardware-backed mobile authentication on any smartphone, without dedicated tokens, for eIDAS-regulated use cases.
Ubiqu Access BV is a Rotterdam-based Dutch SME that develops mobile authentication and digital identity technology. Their core innovation is enabling Level of Assurance 4 (LoA 4) hardware-backed security on standard consumer smartphones — the highest security tier in the EU's eIDAS framework — without requiring dedicated hardware tokens. They participated in large-scale cybersecurity research for cross-domain automated systems (SECREDAS) while independently leading development of their own mobile security product (StrongPIN). Their work sits at the intersection of mobile security, digital identity verification, and access management for regulated industries.
StrongPIN directly demonstrates their core technology enabling LoA 4 hardware security on existing smartphones, while SECREDAS tested security in automated cross-domain systems where strong identity verification is critical.
Company name (UBIQU ACCESS) and both projects center on verified identity and controlled system access, consistent with an identity-as-a-service or IAM product company.
Participated as a specialist in SECREDAS (EUR 152,812), a large RIA focused on cyber security for cross-domain reliable dependable automated systems including connected vehicles.
Coordinated the StrongPIN SME Phase 1 grant, indicating capacity to drive a product from concept toward market validation independently.
Both H2020 projects fall within a narrow 2018–2019 window, making longitudinal thematic analysis limited. Their move from participating in a large multi-partner cybersecurity RIA (SECREDAS, 2018) to coordinating their own focused SME innovation grant (StrongPIN, 2019) suggests a shift from consortium-based research contribution toward autonomous product development. No keyword metadata is available to support deeper thematic tracking, so this trajectory is inferred from project roles and funding schemes alone.
Ubiqu appears to be transitioning from consortium-based security research toward independent product commercialization — making them a more suitable technology provider or licensing partner than a research collaborator for future projects.
Ubiqu has taken both a participant and coordinator role across their two projects, showing flexibility in how they engage. In SECREDAS they contributed as a specialist inside a very large consortium of 74 partners across 17 countries, while StrongPIN shows they can lead and own an EU-funded innovation project independently. Their small size as an SME means they typically bring a focused, product-oriented contribution rather than broad research capacity.
Despite only two H2020 projects, Ubiqu has touched 74 unique consortium partners across 17 countries, almost entirely through the large SECREDAS consortium. Their network skews toward the European automotive, ICT, and cybersecurity ecosystem rather than any single national cluster.
Ubiqu addresses a technically specific and commercially valuable problem: delivering the EU's highest identity assurance level (LoA 4) on ordinary consumer smartphones, eliminating the need for hardware tokens in regulated authentication workflows. This capability is directly relevant to digital government services, banking, healthcare access, and any sector requiring regulatory-grade identity verification at scale. Few SMEs operate at this precise intersection of mobile-native architecture and eIDAS compliance.
