IT security is not an end in itself, but crucial to business success. The return on security investment (RoSI) serves as a decision-making aid for IT security investments. But it is not always useful. What are the problems and opportunities to be evaluated? Ever wondered if your cybersecurity investments are truly paying off? Introducing our … Read more
Sender Policy Framework can be used to determine whether an e-mail server is authorized to send e-mails with a specific sender address. For this purpose, the receiving e-mail server checks the SPF record in the Domain Name System. The aim of the procedure is to detect and reduce certain types of e-mail spoofing and e-mail … Read more
Risk management in information technology identifies, analyzes, evaluates, and monitors the various IT risks. It accompanies the entire system lifecycle of IT and provides countermeasures or contingency plans for various scenarios. Are you wondering why cybersecurity risk management is crucial for businesses? Well, in today’s digital age, protecting sensitive data and systems from ever-evolving cyber … Read more
Remote Work is a form of work that allows working from any location. Professional tasks are performed partially or completely, for example, from the home office, on the road, or at the customer’s site. Contact with the company or customer usually takes place by telephone or e-mail and other Internet services. Devices used for work … Read more
What is DRaaS? Disaster recovery deals with the resumption of IT operations after a disruption or disaster. Disaster recovery planning includes various measures to restore IT infrastructures or important data, for example. Disaster recovery is an essential aspect of business continuity planning that aims to minimize the effects of disruptive events on a company’s operations. … Read more
A data protection officer monitors compliance with data protection regulations and is the contact person for data protection issues. Depending on the legal requirements and the organizational unit for which he or she works, he or she has specific tasks. Data protection officers may be appointed by the federal government, the states or by companies … Read more
A Red Team performs security and penetration testing from the perspective of real attackers. It consists of an independent group of qualified security experts with attacker expertise. The opponent of the Red Team is the Blue Team. The Blue Team gathers an organization’s internal IT experts, who are responsible for the security of IT systems … Read more
In data theft, unauthorized persons obtain secret, protected, or data not intended for them, such as personal data. The data can then be misused. Data theft can relate to digitally stored data or data stored on physical media such as paper. The term data theft refers to the unauthorized acquisition of secret, protected, or sensitive … Read more
Software security protects users or companies from risks that can arise when dealing with the use of the software. Insecure software endangers the integrity of data and the availability of applications or serves as a point of attack for hackers. In order to implement secure software, adapted development processes are necessary. Have you ever wondered … Read more
Enterprise Risk Management is the term for holistic, enterprise-wide risk management. In contrast to traditional approaches to risk management, ERM does not consider individual risks in isolation, but at the level of the company as a whole, taking into account their mutual interactions. The corresponding security processes to achieve the business objectives are part of … Read more
Chief Risk Officer is the term for a position in the top management level of a company. The CRO is responsible for the company-wide risk management and leads the ERM (Enterprise Risk Management). As part of this management, risks from all different areas are considered for a company. These include, for example, technological, operational, economic, … Read more
Cyberwar is a warlike confrontation between states in virtual space, which is conducted by means of information technology. The aim of cyberwar is to damage countries, institutions, or society electronically and to disrupt important infrastructures. With the increasing reliance on digital technology and the interconnectedness of the world, cyberwarfare has become a growing concern for … Read more