Recognizes a member organization that has demonstrated leadership through the adoption of SCION.

Recognizes a member organization that has demonstrated commitment to expanding SCION connectivity.

Recognizes a member organization that has expanded the capabilities, applications, or technical foundations of SCION.

In 2022, after years of preparation, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and SIX launched the Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN), a pioneering financial communications network based on SCION technology developed by ETH Zurich. The SSFN is the result of a joint effort in which autonomous participants collaborated to achieve an outcome that exceeds what each could accomplish alone. Today, SSFN supports secure communication across more than 300 financial institutions and underpins critical financial market infrastructures, including the Swiss Interbank Clearing (SIC) system, which processes up to CHF 220 billion in payments daily. Since going live, SSFN has recorded no outages, security breaches, or data breaches, demonstrating exceptional resilience, availability, and security.

The Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE) has been a driving force in the adoption of SCION technology in Switzerland. By initiating and advancing the Secure Swiss Utility Network (SSUN), VSE has enabled energy, utility, water, and gas companies to benefit from a secure, resilient, and flexible communication infrastructure. Through close collaboration with industry partners and a strong commitment to innovation, VSE has helped establish a trusted foundation for critical infrastructure communications and has actively contributed to the growth of the SCION ecosystem.

Anapaya has been instrumental in bringing SCION from research into real-world deployment. The team has built the infrastructure that enables organizations and service providers to connect to the SCION Internet. Since its founding, Anapaya has developed and deployed SCION connectivity solutions used across critical sectors, helping expand the SCION ecosystem and make secure, resilient connectivity accessible to businesses and network providers.

Axpo Systems has been engaged in SCION in Switzerland since its early days and was the first company in the energy sector to develop proof-of-concepts and studies on SCION. This pioneering work led to the establishment of the corresponding working group at the VSE and ultimately to the build-out of the Secure Swiss Utility Network (SSUN), of which we are today a central pillar. In this context, we hold several strategic roles simultaneously: Operations Responsible, primary Certificate Authority (CA 1), SCION Member and Voting Member, as well as First Mover, opening up new use cases in the OT space. In doing so, we play a key role in establishing SCION not just as a networking technology, but as a trustworthy, resilient infrastructure for critical sectors such as energy.

Cyberlink AG has been involved with SCION since its inception and was one of the first providers to offer SCION connectivity in the Swiss network. Since then, we have been helping companies find straightforward access to the SCION network—regardless of where their infrastructure is located, Cyberlink AG always provides a way to get connected. Drawing on our many years of experience, our team guides customers through every stage—from planning and connection to productive operation—and has played a key role in SCION’s evolution from a research project into a fully operational infrastructure.

Digital Realty has a pioneering role in bringing the data center and colocation ecosystem into the SCION community. As the first data center and colocation provider to join the SCION Association, Digital Realty demonstrated an early commitment to advancing secure, resilient and sovereign connectivity. Through PlatformDIGITAL®, our global data center footprint and carrier-neutral interconnection ecosystem, Digital Realty provides the secure and highly connected infrastructure where customers, network providers and technology partners can deploy, interconnect and scale globally SCION-enabled services. Our collaboration with SCION ecosystem members such as Cyberlink and Varity is helping translate SCION technology into real-world solutions. By bringing together infrastructure, connectivity, customers and SCION partners, Digital Realty acts as a key connector within the ecosystem, helping make SCION more accessible to enterprises and supporting its adoption across markets. From being the first colocation provider to join the SCION Association to enabling SCION connectivity through our global platform, Digital Realty is helping build the physical and digital foundation for SCION to scale.

IBM has enabled SCION on IBM Cloud in Europe, giving clients true end-to-end SCION connectivity, from the network path into the cloud workload itself, not just to the cloud’s edge. Combined with IBM TLS’s integration of SCiON/Anapaya into its Data Secure Service, this means IBM is one of the few providers offering SCION as a connected stack rather than a single link: cloud, network path, and Services under one relationship.IBM brings deep network & security expertise and a track record of supporting sovereignty requirements for international clients, making it a partner that can operationalise SCION’s guarantees not just connect to them across regulated, cross-border environments. IBM’s own research roots in Switzerland, including IBM Research’s long-standing lab in Rüschlikon, in the same ecosystem that produced SCION at ETH Zurich, reinforce that this is a Swiss-grounded commitment, not an imported one.

The success of SCION in Switzerland demonstrates how innovation creates lasting impact when technology leaders, industry partners, and customers work toward a shared vision. Recognizing the potential of this ETH Zurich-born networking technology early on, Sunrise Business partnered with Anapaya to help transform SCION from a research innovation into a trusted platform for secure and resilient digital communications. In 2021, Sunrise Business became one of the first telecommunications providers to commercialize SCION and support the Secure Swiss Finance Network (SSFN). Beyond providing connectivity, Sunrise Business invested in the operational, commercial, and technical capabilities needed to make SCION accessible, reliable, and scalable, including deployment, onboarding, monitoring, support, and customer enablement. Working closely with Anapaya, customers, public institutions, researchers, and industry partners, Sunrise Business helped foster the development of trusted digital ecosystems across finance, healthcare, payments, utilities, and public services. These initiatives demonstrated how secure digital infrastructure can create value across entire industries, strengthening resilience, trust, and digital sovereignty. Today, Sunrise Business continues to play a central role in the evolution of SCION, driving broader adoption and helping transform pioneering innovation into sustainable national infrastructure. The SCION journey reflects Sunrise Business’s commitment to technological leadership, trusted partnerships, and the continuous pursuit of innovation that will power Switzerland’s digital future.

Swisscom has given a strong and active contribution to the SCION ecosystem. Since SCION’s inception in 2012 at ETH Zürich, Swisscom has been the first telecommunication company in Switzerland to support and advocate for the technology. Swisscom’s journey with SCION started more than a decade ago with investments in research projects about internet security at ETH Zürich led by Adrian Perrig, SCION inventor. As the first ISP to adopt SCION, an active participant across all ISDs, and a partner open to piloting new features, Swisscom has helped drive the adoption of secure networking through operational deployments, customer engagement, and collaboration within the community.

Anapaya is advancing SCION both through its ongoing collaboration with ETH Zurich and through contributions to the open-source SCION ecosystem. By helping translate academic research into working implementations and contributing to the technical foundations of SCION, Anapaya has played an important role in turning SCION research into technology that can be deployed by the wider ecosystem.

The Network Security Group at ETH Zurich made several pioneering contributions to the design, documentation, analysis, and implementation of the SCION architecture. Sample projects in this space include EPIC, Hummingbird, SCIONLab, DRKey, LightningFilter, Hercules, and Clockwire. The group also made foundational contributions to the open-source code, as well as authoring the two SCION books published by Springer Verlag.

Adrian Anderegg is a driving force behind SCION’s adoption, combining deep technical expertise with strong business acumen. He co-authored key parts of the SCION ROI white paper, helping organizations understand the business case for SCION and translate its technical strengths into strategic value. Beyond his written contributions, Adrian brings SCION to the stage and the market, including as a speaker at SCION Day Benelux. In his work with financial services and critical infrastructure organizations, he identifies and shapes concrete SCION use cases, turning technology potential into real adoption momentum. Vote Adrian Anderegg, because SCION needs voices that not only speak, but move the market forward.

Sam Hitz has made a visible contribution to educating and raising awareness of SCION across industries and markets. During his time at ETH, he was part of the team that pioneered early research into SCION. As a co-founder and current Chief Technology Officer at Anapaya, he is a long-standing advocate for SCION and has developed the technology for consumption by enterprises and for the ecosystem of partners responsible for making SCION accessible across all of Switzerland and expanding it internationally. During 2025–2026, his continued advocacy and drive have helped strengthen SCION’s visibility and reach beyond the research community and support its broader adoption globally.

Tony John should be nominated for SCION VOICE for his dedicated SCION advocacy and community-building efforts, as well as for his significant technical contributions to the SCION ecosystem. By creating the scion-help tool he educates and lowers the barrier to entry for the entire SCION community. Moreover, by integrating SCION support into widely-used applications like Tailscale or Wireguard he shows a dedicated commitment to growing the SCION ecosystem. Finally, he also actively helps promoting SCION at the IETF through his work on the Deadline-aware Multipath Transport Protocol (DMTP), which demonstrates SCION’s capabilities for reliable, deadline-guaranteed communication over multiple heterogeneous paths.

Field CTO B2B Telco, Swisscom

Orlando is a strong voice for SCION, actively engaging with the community and helping bring the technology to a broader audience. Within Swisscom, he actively promotes the value of SCION to B2B customers, building awareness and understanding of the technology. As a speaker at SCION DAY 2026, he will bring his perspective to conversations with technology leaders, industry experts, and SCION users, making complex topics engaging and accessible. Through his involvement in the ecosystem, Orlando raises awareness of SCION and strengthens the connections that move the SCION community forward.

Head of IT and Digitalization, Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (VSE)

Markus Riner has been a key advocate for SCION within the Swiss utility sector, significantly advancing awareness, stakeholder engagement, and practical adoption across critical infrastructure environments. He also played a pivotal leadership role in securing funding, designing, and introducing the Secure Swiss Utility Network (SSUN), helping establish a secure and resilient networking foundation for the Swiss energy sector.

Fritz is a strong voice for SCION, combining deep technical expertise with a passion for advancing the technology and its adoption. A long-standing SCION advocate, he has been a speaker at SCION DAY since its early editions and has represented the technology at numerous workshops and events in Switzerland and abroad. He has contributed to key SCION Association’s Committees, including Registry, Adoption, and Standardization, and helped develop the white paper “Cost savings and business benefits of SCION.” Through his work at SIX, Fritz has played a pivotal role in making the Swiss Secure Finance Network (SSFN) a lighthouse deployment for SCION and a blueprint for other industries and markets – from setting up the SSFN governance to establishing the PKI infrastructure. Simply put: if you know SCION, you know Fritz.

At Cyberlink AG, Steff is known as “Mr. SCION” – he drives the SCION initiative forward both internally and externally alongside his team. He speaks at conferences and events to raise awareness of SCION among the market and customers. At the same time, he convinces customers of the technology’s benefits through one-on-one conversations. This combination of public visibility, strong teamwork, and hands-on advocacy makes him a driving force behind SCION.