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IT-SiG 2.0: IT Security Act 2.0 comes into force!
IT-SiG 2.0: IT Security Act 2.0 comes into force!

Now the time has come: the IT Security Act 2.0 will come into full effect on May 1st. This means that the transition period for the obligation to provide proof of attack detection for critical infrastructure KRITIS has expired. The law has been in force for 2 years, but only now in a tightened form. Now the suppliers of KRITIS also have an obligation and may still not know it. Information from RADAR Cyber ​​Security, Sophos, Rhebo. Even a few days before the end of the transition period, there is still some ambiguity about what the IT Security Act 2.0 means in detail: What requirements...

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Protection solution for KRITIS against cyber attacks
Protection solution for KRITIS against cyber attacks

The PREVENT/OT solution recognizes possible attack paths to impair the operation of critical infrastructures - KRITIS. Their novel approach uses AI to “think like attackers” and visualize pathways within IT and OT that lead to critical infrastructure. PREVENT/OT is part of the Darktrace/OT family of products. It protects complex industrial environments from known and unknown attacks. It uses self-learning AI to identify assets and detect subtle anomalies that indicate a cyber threat. Many KRITIS companies are currently using the solution in areas such as electricity, water, oil and gas, shipping and transport. Intelligence…

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Webinar September 20, 2022: OT Jungle Expert's View
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Fortinet invites you to a free webinar on September 20, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. with the topic "How to make your way through the jungle of paragraphs and requirements in OT environments". In addition to technical requirements, which are all too often simply answered with technical functions, many companies are also subject to regulatory requirements. These are, for example, IT-SiG 2.0, NIS 2.0, GDPR. But there is more and then there are also standards such as ISO 27k, IEC 62443 or IT-Grundschutz NIST CSF. Many companies have many unanswered questions. Webinar on September 20, 2022…

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IT Security Act 2.0: Implementation assistance for KRITIS organizations
IT Security Act 2.0: Implementation aid for KRITIS organizations

IT Security Act 2.0: Operators of critical infrastructures (KRITIS) are legally obliged to take “reasonable organizational and technical precautions” to prevent cyber attacks. With the passing of the "IT Security Act 2.0" (ITSiG 2.0) in spring 2021, these obligations were tightened again. From May 2023, the operators of critical infrastructures must implement these and, above all, have “attack detection systems” available. Sophos, as an APT response service provider (Advanced Persistent Threat) officially qualified by the BSI, has therefore created a solution brief for KRITIS that helps companies and organizations to adapt their security measures in good time in accordance with the new requirements. 144 million new malicious programs…

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Application of the IT Security Act 2.0 in practice
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The Bundesverband IT-Sicherheit eV (TeleTrusT) is organizing the annual IT security law day on September 21.09.2022, 2.0 in Berlin, in which the current legal situation and legislative, implementation and certification initiatives are presented and discussed. The focus is again on the practical application of the IT Security Act 2.0. The IT Security Act 2.0 (ITSIG) raises a number of questions of a political, legal, technical and organizational nature that call for comment. According to the legal matter, the analysis must be interdisciplinary, i.e. from a legal, political and technical point of view. The Bundesverband IT-Sicherheit is committed to this interdisciplinarity. What is important in the IT Security Act XNUMX Attorney Karsten U. Bartels,…

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IT Security Act 2.0: Protection of critical infrastructures

On May 1, 2023, the amendment to the IT Security Act 2.0 will come into force. When the transition period expires, the BSI is demanding new requirements from operators of critical infrastructure. What that will be in detail, who will be affected and what measures must be taken by then. A comment from Radar Cyber ​​Security. Cyber ​​criminals are increasingly targeting operators of critical infrastructures and companies with particular economic importance. This can not only lead to production losses worth millions and supply bottlenecks, but in the worst case it can endanger public safety. In addition, you have to…

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