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Companies spend 10 billion euros on cybersecurity
March 3, 2024
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Germany is arming itself against cyber attacks and is investing more than ever in IT and cyber security. In the current year, spending is expected to increase by 13,1 percent and, at around 10,5 billion euros, will exceed the 10 billion euro mark for the first time. The digital association Bitkom reports this based on data from the market research institute IDC. This means that the IT security market in this country is growing faster than in the rest of Europe (plus 12,3 percent to 46,0 billion euros) and in the rest of the world (plus 11,4 percent to 164,8 billion euros). “Cyberattacks are currently one of the biggest threats…

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National IT Situation Center
17. February 2024
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Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser recently opened the new National IT Situation Center of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in Bonn. Bitkom President Dr. Ralf Wintergerst: “Cyber ​​attacks are currently one of the biggest threats to our economy and society: Last year, the German economy suffered 206 billion euros in damage through theft of IT equipment and data as well as digital and analogue industrial espionage and sabotage. We welcome the fact that the BSI is improving the conditions for preventing and combating cyber crime with the new National IT Situation Center. So that companies and authorities can protect themselves accordingly,...

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IT specialists: 149.000 positions unfilled in Germany
22 January 2024
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IT specialists: 149.000 positions unfilled in Germany

According to the Bitkom survey, positions for IT specialists remain unfilled on average for over seven months. 77% of those surveyed expect the situation to continue to worsen. 50% of companies hope to be supported by AI. The shortage of IT specialists continues to worsen. There are currently 149.000 unfilled positions for IT experts in German companies. That's another 12.000 more than a year ago, when there were 137.000 job vacancies. These are the results of the new Bitkom study on the job market for IT specialists, for which 853 companies from all sectors were surveyed. Only during…

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Cyber ​​Resilience Act
18 December 2023
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In the trilogue negotiations on the Cyber ​​Resilience Act, the EU Commission, European Parliament and the Council of the European Union reached an agreement. Susanne Dehmel, member of the Bitkom management, explains: “The Cyber ​​Resilience Act is unique in the world and a milestone on the way to strengthening cybersecurity in Europe. With uniform standards for products with digital elements, such as security by design, it can create significantly more security for consumers. Companies benefit, among other things, from standardizing reporting deadlines for vulnerabilities. New act - new obligations However, it comes...

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Generative AI: Entrepreneurs concerned about IT security
7 December 2023
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Generative AI offers enormous benefits for companies. But it also represents a possible threat to IT security. The possible outflow of data from the company towards AI providers is particularly a problem. According to Bitkom, 57 percent of companies in Germany are of the opinion that the spread of generative AI will endanger IT security because it can be exploited by cybercriminals. A recent survey by Kaspersky confirms that these concerns are well-founded. Because the topic of generative AI still receives too little attention in board meetings in Germany: only a quarter (24,8 percent)...

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One year of ChatGPT
4 December 2023
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The current boom in artificial intelligence is leading to a sharp increase in demand in the German market. Spending on AI software, services and related hardware is expected to rise to 6,3 billion euros this year. This corresponds to an increase of 32 percent compared to 2022, when 4,8 billion euros were spent on artificial intelligence. The digital association Bitkom reports this based on data from the market research company IDC. “The launch of ChatGPT a year ago was an initial spark for the use of AI. ChatGPT showed many people for the first time what AI can do today...

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BKA Cybercrime Report 2022: Damage of 200 billion euros 
September 19, 2023
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The BKA's recently published Federal Cybercrime 2022 situation report again shows some shocking facts. Although the number of registered cases has fallen, attacks from abroad continue to rise and the damage is over 200 billion euros. A summary of key numbers and comments from Infinigate, Tanium, Yubico and Check Point. The BKA’s current “Federal Situation Report Cybercrime 2022” was recently published. Cybercrime crimes remain at a very high level in Germany. Last year, the police registered 136.865 cases of cybercrime. This meant that the number of…

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Cyber ​​attacks: 3 out of 4 doctors feel poorly protected
17 November 2022
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Cyber ​​attacks are a major concern for medical professionals, be it in clinics or practices. As a Bitkom study shows, three quarters (74 percent) of doctors in German hospitals do not feel adequately protected against cyber attacks. These concerns from the Bitkom study are also confirmed by a current worldwide study by the enterprise mobility management expert SOTI. According to this, nine out of ten IT professionals in healthcare facilities in Germany are concerned that patient data could be disclosed, lost, accessed in an insecure manner or stolen, and that devices could be inadequately secured. Top concerns of IT professionals Theft of patient data through a cyber attack or hacking…

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April 21 & 22.04.21, XNUMX: bitkom conference Big-Data.AI Summit
19 April 2021
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Virtual bitkom conference Big-Data.AI Summit on April 21 & 22, 2021. Platform use for functioning AI applications: Cloudflight expert talks about possibilities for the successful implementation of AI in companies. Lecture by AI specialist at bitkom event on big data and artificial intelligence. Cloudflight, leading software development company and AI expert, is a partner of this year's bitkom conference Big-Data.AI Summit. Europe's leading conference on practical applications of artificial intelligence in business will take place virtually on April 21 and 22. On April 22nd, Dr. Bernhard Niedermayer, Head of Emerging Technologies at Cloudflight, will give a lecture on the topic of cost-efficient AI applications ("Cost-efficient AI ...

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Bitkom: Digital Transformation Week in November
4 November 2020
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With the Digital Transformation Week, the Bitkom digital association is focusing on the digitization of five key sectors for one week. From November 23-27, 2020 you will have the opportunity to discuss the digitization of the healthcare system, the mobility industry, the energy sector, agriculture and trade and to experience the latest trends, topics and the latest technologies relating to digital transformation. Digital trade fair from November 23-27, 2020 How does artificial intelligence support the diagnosis of serious diseases? What are the advantages of ride sharing and autonomous driving in the city and in the country? ...

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