Networking technology securing Switzerland's financial sector now available across continents through Colt
London, UK, October 6th 2026 - Colt Technology Services, the global digital infrastructure company, today announced that it is the first network service provider to offer a fully managed service for the proven enterprise networking technology solution named SCION (Scalability, Control and Isolation on Next Generation Networks) in Europe, North America and Asia. SCION technology has been developed in Switzerland by technology company Anapaya and is widely used across critical infrastructure, including the Swiss financial community. Combining Anapaya’s pioneering technology with Colt’s global network, operations and enterprise connectivity expertise, Colt SCION delivers next-level resilient networking, ideal for organisations with highly sensitive, regulated or mission-critical network requirements, including energy, healthcare, government, defence and global financial organisations.
With data sovereignty and cybersecurity at the top of today’s boardroom agenda, organisations require complete visibility and control over their data flows. While traditional internet- or IP-based Wide Area Networks (WANs) can provide some visibility over where data travels, Colt SCION gives customers deeper levels of control and complete transparency of their data: organisations can define, audit and enforce exactly how their data travels end-to-end. This helps them meet regulatory requirements, support data sovereignty needs and deliver more predictable performance. Built with resilience and security at its core, this solution helps keep services running smoothly while protecting data from disruption, interception and other network-based threats.
Peter Coppens, VP - Product, Colt Technology Services, says, “Trust, resilience and control are non-negotiable for organisations handling critical data. Colt SCION delivers all three, giving enterprises greater assurance over how their data travels. As the first provider to bring SCION-enabled connectivity across Europe, North America and Asia, Colt combines a new security standard with the reach and control of its own global infrastructure.”
“Colt’s new SCION-based products will make its advanced security and resilience capabilities available on a global high-quality infrastructure — when the need has never been greater. AI is enabling attackers to automate and scale increasingly sophisticated attacks, while the consequences of downtime for critical services are immediate. Organisations need new approaches to isolate and protect critical services against attacks from the public internet. SCION has proven secure and reliable in these challenging times as critical services are increasingly under heavy attack” says Martin Bosshardt, CEO of Anapaya.
Colt SCION is now commercially available following a two-year proof of concept. Colt worked with developer Anapaya, who rigorously tested and validated the technology with several organisations in the financial sector already using the solution to give them deeper observability and to safeguard their critical data.
Businesses can choose from two SCION solutions, each serving different networking needs:
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Colt SCION private provides resilient connectivity to existing private ecosystems and extranets, suiting financial institutions looking to connect to existing private domains through partners.
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Colt SCION Global is a highly secure WAN solutions, ideal for organisations looking for an ultra-resilient, secure, sovereign technology on which to build their backbone network infrastructure.
For examples of SCION use cases, please click here.
About Colt Technology Services
We’re Colt. We own and operate exceptional digital infrastructure which powers the global AI economy, connects societies, builds communities and transforms lives. Thousands of colleagues in 65+ offices across Europe, Asia, and North America share a deep commitment to delivering an outstanding experience and making every interaction effortless for our customers.
Customers and partners choose our award-winning fibre infrastructure, digital platforms and security solutions, delivered across a network that spans continents and crosses oceans. We’re Europe’s largest B2B operator: we connect 40+ countries, 32,000 enterprise buildings, 275+ points of presence, and 12 cable landing stations and we manage eight subsea cable systems. We also co-manage AS3356 - the most widely peered network in the world.
Founded in London over 30 years ago, we’re privately funded and driven by values of fairness, inclusion and equity. We’re known for our urgent call for social and sustainable change and we're guided by our purpose in everything we do: creating effortless connections and extraordinary outcomes for our customers, communities and people. Be a part of our story: come on over to www.colt.net or join our amazing communities at LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.
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About Anapaya – The SCION Company
Anapaya is a Swiss company that strives to enhance Internet security and connectivity through the SCION Internet architecture, a groundbreaking technology offering secure routing, resiliency against DDoS attacks, and high availability. Anapaya's solutions empower global businesses to operate with confidence in today's world by delivering higher security and flexibility for their business-critical services and data communication. Together with its partner ecosystem of telecommunication companies, system integrators, and cloud providers, Anapaya is making the SCION Internet accessible to everyone. Customers include, among others, the Swiss National Bank and SIX, operating the Secure Swiss Finance Network for critical applications like the Interbank Clearing System used by more than 300 Banks, the Health Info Net AG providing the Secure Swiss Health Network used by more than 30,000 doctors and the Swiss Federal Administration. Anapaya was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.
For more information visit: www.anapaya.net
For more information on how Colt is bringing SCION to enterprises across Europe, North America and Asia, read the full insight here.
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