Trustpoint is an open, user-friendly, and open-source platform for managing digital identities in industrial networks. It is designed to securely, efficiently, and interoperably integrate machines and components into production environments — from initial onboarding to end-of-life.

As a trust anchor, Trustpoint issues and manages certificates, enabling the secure integration of devices into Industry 4.0 architectures. The platform supports both zero-touch onboarding (e.g. BRSKI) and user-driven onboardingthrough an intuitive web interface.

Trustpoint addresses key challenges in industrial IT security:

• Segmented networks and limited connectivity

• Hardware constraints and lack of built-in security

• Heterogeneous device landscapes

• Demand for scalable, automated certificate management

The solution is fully standards-based and is particularly suited for SMEs in mechanical and plant engineering that must comply with increasing security requirements — such as the Cyber Resilience Act or NIS2 Directive.

Trustpoint Offers:

• A modular PKI environment (Certificate Authority / Registration Authority)

• Web-based, CLI, and API-driven onboarding workflows

• Certificate lifecycle management: issuance, renewal, revocation, truststore handling

• Support for common protocols: CMP, EST, SCEP, REST

• Compatibility with OPC UA Global Discovery Server (GDS)

About the Project

Trustpoint is being developed as part of a publicly funded research project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the KMU-innovativ program (ICT technology field).

The project runs from September 2023 to August 2026 and is coordinated by the Campus Schwarzwald – Center for Digitalization, Leadership, and Sustainability.

Project Partners

• Campus Schwarzwald gGmbH (Freudenstadt) – Coordination, tech transfer, demonstration

• asvin GmbH (Stuttgart) – Cybersecurity for industrial IoT

• achelos GmbH (Paderborn) – Cryptography & certification

• Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences – Research in safety & security

Associated Industry Partners

ARBURG, HOMAG, PHOENIX CONTACT, FANUC Germany, J. Schmalz GmbH, Siemens, Diebold Nixdorf, Keyfactor

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