A cyber security firm founded in Bermuda has expanded its operations into Germany.

QuoVadis — a global provider of certificate authority identity services for online transactions — has added Germany to existing offices in the UK, Switzerland, Holland and Belgium.

QuoVadis CEO Roman Brunner said: “We have seen immense growth in demand over the past two years for cross-border certificates and digital signatures.

“EU companies are looking for European-based partners, with operations in multiple major markets, as a single source for their public key infrastructure needs.”

Mr Brunner added: “Working in the multinational commercial environment comes naturally to QuoVadis and we see the market demand to expand our presence in Germany and other countries.”

The firm has appointed Robert Frank, an expert in the German IT market, as managing director of its new arm.

QuoVadis was founded on the Island in 1999 and is the only certificate authority with accreditations in multiple EU jurisdictions to issue qualified digital certificates used in legally-valid online transactions.

Mr Brunner said the German office would allow the firm to increase the range of services provided to an already significant client base in the country.

Mr Frank said: “I am confident that QuoVadis Trustlink Deutschland GmbH was founded at exactly the right time and right place to offer German companies with highly professional needs and price-oriented public key infrastructure needs and digital signature solutions.”

He added: “Our vision for QuoVadis Germany is quite simple — we want to be the certificate authority and signature provider with the highest customer satisfaction.

“Security and customer partnership are our top priorities.”