Security

IT Security in SMEs: “Management Often Underestimates the Importance of Cyber Resilience”

In an exclusive interview, Patrick Schönowski, Policy Officer for Digital Policy at the German SME Association (DMB), explains why IT security is an essential competitive factor and where politicians need to do more to support SMEs.

date 2025/08/12

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Domains

topDNS Best Practice Series: How is DNS Abuse actually measured?

8 October 2025 starting at 17:00pm CEST 15:00pm UTC/11:00am EDT How is DNS Abuse actually measured?  KOR Labs, the NetBeacon Institute, URLAbuse & eco's topDNS Initiative invite you to join us for a deep dive on measuring DNS Abuse, what are the pros and cons of various methods, challenges, and limitations? Building...

date 2025/10/08 placeOnline

WEBINAR

FlowCutter s.r.o.

date 2025/08/11

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Domains

YouGov Survey by eco Association: More Than Half of Germans Find Local Domain Endings Useful

In addition to well-known Internet endings such as “.de” and “.com”, there is now a wide range of abbreviations that web addresses can end with – and rightly so, as a recent YouGov survey commissioned by eco shows. More than half of Germans consider them to be useful. Thomas Rickert, Director Names & Numbers at eco, contextualises the results.

date 2025/08/11

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IoT

Heat Relief with IoT – Energy-Efficient Cooling with Smart Technology

Just in time for the approaching heatwave, we ask the question: How can people and plants cool down as energy-efficiently as possible? The IoT Competence Group of eco Association provides smart tips for cooling down.

date 2025/08/11

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Policy & Law

Ruling on State Trojans: eco Welcomes Clarification by the German Federal Constitutional Court

The German Federal Constitutional Court has declared key regulations concerning Lawful Interception at the Source (Quellen-TKÜ) and online state searches to be partially unconstitutional. eco Board Member Klaus Landefeld welcomes the decision but warns of unresolved risks for IT security.

date 2025/08/11

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Prior1 GmbH

date 2025/08/08

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Artificial Intelligence

Confidential AI: A New Safe Space for AI Models

AI is only as good as the data it works with – but this is precisely where the risk lies. Confidential AI, however, protects data and models directly during processing. So, is the key to trustworthy AI actually in the cloud?

date 2025/08/07

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eco

DDoS Protection Reimagined: AI and Automation as the Answer to Modern Attacks

In this interview, Jens-Philipp Jung discusses the company’s beginnings, technological paradigm shifts in IT security, and the widening gap between security requirements and corporate reality.

date 2025/08/04

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Security

5 Questions for Tim Cappelmann, AirITSystems

In this interview, Tim Cappelmann, Managing Director of AirITSystems GmbH, explains what digitalisation really means today – and why it can only succeed with a stable security foundation.

date 2025/08/01

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