Ardaco, JSC. is a high tech SME with 50 employees, a technological specialist in the area ofinformation security It was established in 2001 as a merger of three innovative technologicalcompanies with ten years experience from R&D, academic and business environments in Slovakia. Ardaco has developed a few unique worldwide and patented technologies in the fields of the mobile communication security, secure group communication and
electronic/paper documents authenticity and protection. The partners of Ardaco in more than 30 countries appreciate portfolio suited for any governmental, corporate or individual users, providing privacy, authenticity and reliability of everyday communication, access and storage.

Ardaco is actively involved in European and Slovakian technological and research cooperation structures, the most important are:
· EPoSS ETP, member of the Steering Board, member of Working Group ITC
· ARTEMISIA JTI, founding Artemisia member, member of SMEs chamber
· NESSI ETP, member of Working Group Trust, Security and Dependability
· eMobility ETP, member
· WWRF Forum, member
· Slovak Association for Electronic commerce, member of the Steering board
Ardaco specialization in research projects is mainly in the fields of secure data communication, wireless/ mobile networks, RFID, sensor and actuator systems, strong crypto algorithms, PKI, electronic and paper document security.