Nexpublica and Evertrust: an innovative, 100% French alliance for securing the public sector and critical environments

Nexpublica and Evertrust: an innovative, 100% French alliance for securing the public sector and critical environments

Faced with new constraints surrounding digital identity security, two leading French players have joined forces to offer government agencies, local authorities, and sensitive sectors a comprehensive, unified, and 100% sovereign digital trust infrastructure.

By 2029, the validity period of certificates will drop to just 47 days, requiring constant rotation and ultra-complex processes. Added to this are two major challenges: a shortage of PKI experts and a dangerous dependence on foreign solutions subject to the Cloud Act, which undermines data sovereignty.

Faced with this high-risk equation, organizations—both public and private—no longer have a choice: they must rely on an automated, sovereign, and scalable solution capable of guaranteeing security, compliance, and independence. This strategic alliance between Nexpublica and Evertrust provides a unique solution for:

• Strong authentication (workstations, VPN, business applications),
• Secure electronic signatures,
• Advanced data and exchange encryption,
• Full interoperability with various environments (local authorities, government agencies, etc.),
• Complete automation to reduce manual tasks.

For Nexpublica, a publisher for the public sector, and Evertrust, a specialist in certificate and digital identity management, this technological partnership enables them to offer a comprehensive, automated, and interoperable trusted infrastructure, adapted to the most sensitive environments (government, defense, healthcare, local authorities, banking/insurance/finance, critical organizations, etc.).

This innovative solution, developed in France, guarantees total sovereignty to respond to cyberattacks, protect digital identities, and ensure independence from extraterritorial laws.

It incorporates three essential security components:

• A public key infrastructure certified by ANSSI (PKI – Public Key Infrastructure);
• Certificate lifecycle management (Evertrust CLM – Certificate Lifecycle Management);
• Management of cryptographic media – cards, tokens, badges, certificates, etc. (Nexpublica CMS – Credential Management System).

” We are delighted to strengthen our collaboration with Nexpublica. The native integration between their CMS and our CLM creates a unified ecosystem where cryptographic media and certificate management are naturally synchronized. Our customers benefit from complete automation, total visibility, and a sovereign end-to-end architecture,” says Étienne Laviolette, COO at Evertrust.

This partnership is not limited to technology: it paves the way for a joint strategy to innovate, raise visibility among public stakeholders, and offer a sovereign alternative to foreign solutions. This collaboration marks a key step in the creation of a sovereign digital trust chain that guarantees compliance with French and European regulatory frameworks (GDPR, SecNumCloud, eIDAS).

“With Evertrust, we bring together the best of sovereign digital identity management within a unified, modern, and sustainable architecture. This partnership allows us to offer public sector players and critical environments an integrated solution that meets the highest security standards, while greatly simplifying the operational management of identities and certificates,” concludes Stéphanie Chaubard, Engineering Manager, Cybersecurity Division, Nexpublica.

Founded in 2017, Evertrust is a French company specializing in digital trust management, with integrated solutions dedicated to certificate lifecycle management (CLM) and public key infrastructures (PKI). Based in Paris, it now supports organizations in all sectors—finance, healthcare, public administration, energy, defense, distribution, critical infrastructure—in securing their internal digital identities. These technologies are available on-premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid environment to adapt to the operational and regulatory requirements of each organization.

To learn more about our vision and solutions: evertrust.io

Nexpublica is a long-standing player in software publishing for the public, semi-public, and private sectors. In 2024, the company generated revenue of €160 million and supports more than 4,000 public bodies and 1,200 private companies.

 Thanks to constant investment in R&D, in-depth expertise in public sector activities, and an ambitious acquisition strategy, Nexpublica’s teams design high-performance, fluid, and secure software with one mission: to put technological innovation at the service of better living together. 

 Based in Clichy (92), the company has 1,200 experts and numerous regional offices in France and abroad, enabling it to maintain a local presence close to its customers. 

Learn more  :www.nexpublica.com