eco survey reveals: One-third of the surveyed IT decision-makers have not yet taken any measures to fulfil the increased security requirements of NIS2.

Satellites naturally count as critical infrastructure – however, only a small part of their ground stations are regulated by law as “critical infrastructures” (known as "KRITIS "in Germany). The eco met the DLR event in April, which shed light on the future legal implications of the NIS2 and the German KRITIS Umbrella Act and provided concrete examples of how to best prepare for attacks.

How do energy suppliers, who are also telecommunications providers, shape resilient infrastructures? Experts from the eco Networks and KRITIS Competence Groups will discuss this on 16 April at the DE-CIX MeetingCenter in Frankfurt. One of the panellists of the event is Lorenz Grehlich from M-net. In this interview, he provides tips for resilient network infrastructures.

Sunita Ute Saxena is responsible for Public Safety, Governance and Critical Infrastructure at Deutsche Telekom Security GmbH. On 29 November, she will be speaking at the KRITIS Competence Group meeting in Cologne regarding the KRITIS Umbrella Act and the status of NIS2 transposition in Germany. She covers three questions about what this will entail.

How can a network operator optimise resilience in the network? Dr Sebastian Lissek, Head of Network at envia TEL GmbH, talks about this in an interview: Dr Lissek, how does envia Tel define resilience for infrastructure? Resilience is the ability to identify cyberrisks, disruptions and exceptional events, to react to...

How can an infrastructure provider optimise resilience in the network? Wolfram Rinner, Managing Director of GasLINE GmbH & Co KG, talks about this in an eco interview.

The German Federal Ministry of the Interior aims to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructures with the KRITIS Umbrella Act, which is currently being coordinated between government departments. For the first time, this act seeks to establish the nationwide uniform regulations for the physical protection of critical facilities, which are to be implemented in German law as a result of the European CER Directive.

In the run-up to the event, we spoke with Marcel Klein, Strategic Partner Manager, plusserver, about data lakes and digital sovereignty and the central challenges of Industry 4.0.