Dr Silvia Knittl is one of the Cyber & Privacy Directors at PwC Germany and leads the Enterprise Security Architects team. She supports clients in activating their cyber capabilities and manages security transformation projects. At this year’s Internet Security Days (ISD), she will be presenting on the Zero Trust approach.

Digitalisation helps to use resources according to demand and thus save energy. In an eco member interview, Mario Schröder from Thermokon Sensortechnik GmbH explains how this can be achieved.

eco denounces the German federal government’s current budget plans, which are set to have only a fraction of financial resources spent on digitalisation projects in the coming year.

Approximately one in ten (10.8 percent) post photos via social media channels such as Instagram or Facebook. Additionally, 10.6 percent send photos via email and 4.4 percent have photos printed online via print services. These are the findings of a representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute Civey on behalf of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, involving 2,500 Germans over the age of 18.

eco has issued a statement regarding Article 28 of the recently published NIS2 Directive. The draft contains EU-wide minimum standards for cybersecurity, impacting operators of critical infrastructure, among others. The newly introduced Article 28 affects not only operators of critical infrastructure, but also all “TLD name registries and entities providing domain name registration services” – regardless of their size.

From 1 August 2023, Alexander Rabe and Andreas Weiss, are taking over the management of the Association of the Internet Industry In this interview, the two Managing Directors talk about their future areas of responsibility, their top agendas for the future of eco, and the strengths and added values of the association.

After 28 years, Harald A. Summa, is retiring from the operational management of the association. Alexander Rabe and Andreas Weiss will share the management responsibilities of Europe’s leading Association of the Internet Industry from 1 August 2023.

The ICANN77 Policy Forum was recently hosted in the city of Washington D.C. United States and took place from 12 to 15 June 2023. Which topics were under discussion and what insights emerged? This was covered at the subsequent ICANN77 Readout, hosted by eco – Association of the Internet Industry and ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.

Bringing the Web3 world together with the Web2 world - that is one of the goals of Freename AG, says Eleonora Bellotto, Head of Partnerships, in the eco member interview.

In the course of the German federal government’s planned Energy Efficiency Act, politicians and the Internet industry have recently been intensively discussing how providers of the digital infrastructure ecosystem can further improve their energy efficiency in Germany. A particular focus here has been on the data centre industry and the requirements for waste heat delivery.

Digital forensics is an important component for cybersecurity because, as ZITiS President Wilfried Karl notes in an eco short interview on ISD 2023, it not only makes cyberspace a safer place. As part of the Internet Security Days (ISD) 2023, he will give a keynote on Digital Sovereignty.

Digitalisation is a fundamental key to the challenges of our time, according to Kerstin Schlosser and Martin Zunken from Robert C. Spies KG. In a member interview, they explain the need to become more digital, more efficient, more sustainable and more flexible – and the contribution they make to this as a real estate consulting company.

eco Board Member for Infrastructure and Networks Klaus Landefeld comments on the present draft bill of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior for the transposition of the European NIS2 Directive.

In today's world of information overload, it is important to be able to deal with disinformation, myths and direct propaganda. Find out how the Private Institute for the Development of Public Digital Networks, is enabling Russian citizens to access uncensored information in Russia. Oleg Basistyy, COO of IEDN's project "VPN...

CleanDNS & eco's topDNS Initiative invite you to the second in a series of topDNS best practice webinars to showcase what the domain name industry is doing to fight DNS abuse. Fighting abuse online is first and foremost a matter of taking appropriate action, taken by the appropriate party, taken at the appropriate time....

Klaus Landefeld, eco Board Member criticises lack of coordination and consultation by the German federal government on new regulations for critical infrastructures.

What are the legal requirements for cybersecurity in the IT supply chain? A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) plays an essential role here – it is one of the focus topics in 2023 for the work of the Security Competence Group in the eco Association.

In the context of the energy efficiency act planned by the German government, politicians and the Internet industry have recently engaged in extensive discussions on how providers of the digital infrastructure ecosystem can further improve their energy efficiency in Germany. The focus has been particularly on the data centre industry and the regulations surrounding the utilisation of waste heat.

Only those who know their own weaknesses can remedy them. Sebastian Schreiber, Managing Director of SySS GmbH, discusses how to achieve this in an interview and a keynote speech at the Internet Security Days (ISD) 2023.

According to a Civey survey commissioned by eco – Association of the Internet Industry, 29.8 percent of respondents move their workplace outdoors, with 13.2 percent occasionally working away from home and 16.6 percent doing so frequently.

Registration for this year’s ICANN78 General Annual Meeting from 21 - 25 October in Hamburg is now open. Together with DENIC eG and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, eco –Association of the Internet Industry is hosting the 25th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Patrick Koetter, Leader of the Email and Anti-Abuse Competence Groups at eco Association explains how to achieve this in an interview and in a two-day German-language DNSSEC hands-on workshop in September 2023.

On 10 July, the EU Commission determined that the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework is in line with the requirements of European data protection. eco's Managing Director Alexander Rabe comments: "[The TDPF is] an important building block for a successful digital transformation and the basis for further regulations such as the EU-US e-Evidence Agreement."

According to a representative survey conducted by the opinion research institute Civey on behalf of eco – Association of the Internet Industry, every fourth person (26.4 percent) has personally registered a domain name (e.g., example.de) on the Internet.

Through technological cooperation and collaborative development of innovation, we will overcome the challenges of the future, says UNIBERG CEO Andreas Möller in an eco member interview.

Online-based technologies for outdoor activities have become popular summer companions for nearly half of the population in Germany. At 27.3 percent, the most popular applications include smartphones with holiday apps for hiking tours, for example.

Dr Béla Waldhauser, spokesperson for the Alliance for the Strengthening of Digital Infrastructures in Germany comments on this week's last minute amendments to the German federal government’s draft bill for the planned Energy Efficiency Act.

The Gigabit Strategy, which was adopted by the German federal government a year ago, is intended to be a compass for fibre-optic and mobile expansion in Germany.

eco supports the European initiative for an ID Wallet in principle; a reliable and secure ecosystem of digital identities lays the foundation for the realisation of the Single Market and a multitude of digital business models. At the same time, the association addresses important aspects that should be taken into account.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy launched its call for expressions of interest for this summer’s European Twinning process. Interested partners with a permanent establishment or branch in Germany can apply until 21 July. On 12 July from 9:30 till 11:00 a.m., the eco  Association invites its interested members to a virtual networking meeting to collect questions about the funding call.