Up to the peak and together towards success

We had set ourselves ambitious plans: strategy, technology and a joint snowshoe tour to the Fronalpstock, the highest peak on the Stoos. But the weather, with gusts of up to 180 km/h on the summit, disrupted our plans for the outdoor programme at short notice. It was precisely in this moment that the strength of our community became clear: flexibility and pragmatism. The planned tours were adapted, and dinner was moved from the summit restaurant down into the valley. And the focus remained where it belongs: on dialogue at eye level.

But back to the programme: in addition to exciting sessions on the Product Vision 2026+, deep dives into Airlock Microgateway and the shift from Ingress to Kubernetes Gateway API, as well as Scriptable Steps in Airlock IAM, there was also plenty of room for direct exchange. The centerpiece of the dialogue was the new "Topic Tables". Here, we interavtively discussed the topics that are currently particularly relevant to our partners and customers, including:

• Threat Radar & AI: Attacks are increasingly targeting the human factor. Deepfaces and social engineering require new defence mechanisms. The discussion showed that we need to protect not only systems, but also users more effectively.
• FIDO & Passkeys: Technically, passkeys are the future, but in practice there are still hurdles. Many customers still compare them with password managers. The take-away: passkeys have not yet had their breakthrough. This makes it all the more important to position them clearly as a secure, phishing-resistent password replacement and to explain their benefit for customers and end customers in a way that is easy to understand.
• Architecture in transition: IT landscapes are fragmented – from on-premises to the cloud. The exchange confirmed how important flexible integration options are for our partners in order to succeed in hybrid environments.

Outstanding achievements deserve special recognition. We are proud of our partners, who delivered exceptional results in 2025. Congratulations to the winners:

• Most Active Partner: Swisscom – for an impressive number of customer conversations and tireless commutment to establishing Airlock in new projects.
• Most Active Partner International: LoopTech – for its remarkable expansion in the Middle East, including ten new partners and a strong presence in Saudi Arabia.
• Biggest Deal: Medialine Security – for expanding a major public-sector solution and closing the largest licence transaction of the year in the banking environment.
• Biggest Microgateway Deal: VHSN – for a lighthouse project in the healthcare secotr, in which an existing WAF solution was replaced and customer-specific functions for secure digital communication in healthcare were implemented.
• Airlock Partner Techt Community Award: Steivan Nogler (InfoGuard) – this new award recognises deep technical expertise. Steivan impressed us through the development of stable customer solutions and his active role in our Tech Community.
• Most Active Sales Person International: Abdullah Hadadi (LoopTech) – for opening up more than 30 new business opportunities in the Arab region last year.

The Partner Event 2026 showed how much we can achieve together and where the journey is heading. Even though we did not physically reach the summit this year, the direction is clear. The goal for 2027 has already been set: together with our partners, we want to reach the next peak.

Many thanks to our partners for their trust and strong collaboration. We look forward to tackling the next stage together!