Exactly two months ago, the most serious IT failure to date occurred with massive consequences: canceled flights, failed servers and PCs, companies sending their employees home, hospitals having to postpone operations. The damage ran into the billions. A faulty update to the widely used cybersecurity solution from CrowdStrike had led to numerous IT outages around … Read more
Ransomware insurance promises financial rescue in the event of cyber extortion. But the real protection lies in a well-thought-out backup concept. Only those who carefully back up their data can quickly get production back up and running in an emergency – even without paying a ransom. Cyber policies such as ransomware insurance not only offer … Read more
According to a Bitkom study, the damage caused by cybercrime will amount to 267 billion euros in 2023. Bitkom and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution presented the study “Economic Protection 2024” on Wednesday. According to the study, the economic damage to German companies caused by attacks in the past twelve months … Read more
Last year, attacks from China on German companies increased. This is the result of a representative study by the digital association Bitkom, in which more than 1,000 companies across all sectors were surveyed. According to the study, 45 percent of the affected companies said they could trace the attacks back to China, compared to 42 … Read more
In a world where digital threats and cyber-attacks are constantly gaining strength and sophistication, information security is becoming a necessity for every business, regardless of its size or industry. Ensuring the protection of company data and systems requires not only a technological background, but also a comprehensive approach including internal regulations, security audits and continuous … Read more
Alone: there is a lack of skilled workers. In the federal government alone, every fifth position in IT security is vacant or has one Question from the left-wing parliamentarians Anke Domscheit-Berg surrendered this week. Is data security sufficient in German authorities and companies? All of this shows that data security in Germany is probably not … Read more