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IT security is more important than ever these days!

Small, medium-sized, and large companies are targeted daily by various IT attacks from different groups. According to a study by Bitkom, theft of IT equipment, data, espionage, and sabotage cause around €200 billion in damage annually in Germany. Across Europe, the damage is even higher.
With the increasing expansion of (necessary) digital transformation and the associated cloud and edge computing, new challenges for IT security are emerging.
There are many different entry points in corporate IT – often the user is a frequently exploited “weak point.”
As a result, IT security today has a lot to do with training employees, but also with introducing processes to better protect data. A well-structured IT infrastructure, clear responsibilities, structured role assignments and access control, as well as a process for responding to any inconsistencies are just some of the building blocks that companies should use to protect themselves from damage caused by IT attacks.

How can companies get started with IT security?

In addition to business measures such as project planning, prioritization, and budgeting for IT security, there are a number of technical requirements that must be met in order to create effective IT protection.

After all, it is usually nothing less than the business viability of the company that is at stake.
IT security is not a protected term, but you can refer to the definition provided by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), which lists four pillars of IT security:

  • Defining IT security – identifying potential risks specific to the industry and in general

  • Developing viable security concepts –
    Creating and implementing customized concepts, both technical and procedural

  • Define appropriate security measures –
    whether employee training or technical changes

  • Reviewing existing protective measures for effectiveness –
    an often neglected but very important part of IT security for companies

Are there official standards for IT security?

 

In addition to standards and seals defined by software providers and IT security companies, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has recently introduced its IT baseline protection framework and associated certification. The European Commission is also working on various guidelines.

Within the framework of IT-Grundschutz, ISO 27001 certification can also be obtained by having the relevant measures reviewed by a BSI-certified auditor.

IT baseline protection and the corresponding certification are carried out by the Federal Office for Information Security.

Secure DevOps: Considering IT security in the context of software projects

But how is IT security implemented in projects with birkle IT – or how can birkle IT contribute to your IT security beyond IT security audits and comprehensive consulting?

As an innovative software company with several European locations and DAX-listed customers, we at birkle IT AG take the importance of IT security extremely seriously. In addition to the secure working environment we create within the scope of our projects, all our software developers are trained in Secure Dev Ops. This means that IT security is always an integral part of programming and that every line of code should be written in such a way that no security vulnerabilities arise in the first place. Security is therefore always an important part of all decisions and considerations in the project.

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