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Cybercrime – Trendwechsel: Mittelständler jetzt im Fadenkreuz der Hacker?

The IT threat landscape has always been an arms race. Anyone who has spent more than five minutes dealing with IT security knows this. It is the reason why threat intelligence products have their raison d'être and why companies have to regularly introduce new tools and processes to avoid falling victim to cyberattacks by hackers.

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Resilience instead of stagnation: BCM and emergency management as key factors

Questions such as "Is my company resilient?" and "Can we still operate during a crisis or disaster?" are becoming increasingly important. Additional legal and regulatory requirements, such as NIS2 and DORA, make BCM indispensable. Standards such as ISO 22301 and BSI 200-4 provide guidance on implementing a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). In IT in particular, as a unit that mostly supports business processes, the strategic approaches of business continuity management (BCM) and the operational implementation of emergency management are essential.

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Data potential of the DORA information register

Since it came into force on January 17, 2025, the DORA Regulation requires financial institutions to report an information register with an overview of all contractual relationships with third-party ICT service providers to the national supervisory authority on an annual basis. Since the creation of this register is mandatory anyway, it is worth using the data strategically for your own risk management. Based on our project experience, we show how valuable insights into dependencies, concentration risks, and cost structures can be gained from regulatory mandatory data.

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The future of freedom of information in Germany – between the need for reform and digitization

The Freedom of Information Act (IFG) will remain in place – that is the key message that has stuck in the public consciousness following resistance from FragDenStaat, among others (source). But that alone is not enough. The question is how the coalition intends to modernize the law in order to offer added value to both citizens and the administration.

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