BSI starts personal certification for incident experts
Attacks on IT systems in Germany cause tens of billions of euros in damage every year. Those affected are small to large companies, but also consumer households. Certified incident experts provide first aid in the event of a cyber attack. Cyber criminals break into IT systems, read out data, encrypt it and extort a ransom for releasing the data. In such an emergency situation, it can be difficult, especially for micro and small businesses, but also for medium-sized companies, to evaluate the competence and trustworthiness of IT service providers. Incident expert certified by the BSI. Arne Schönbohm, President of the BSI: "With the cyber security network, we want a ...