Toggle navigation International Internet Politics TopicsDigital Policy GermanyData ProtectionDigital Educationeco Complaints OfficeInfrastructure & NetworksInternational Internet PoliticsPlatform RegulationCopyrightTrust & Security Events Press About Us Prior1 GmbH date 2025/08/08 News 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 News 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 News 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 News Policy & Law eco – Association After One Year of the AI Act: There Is A Lack of Legally Secure Framework Conditions And Political Will to Make AI "Made in Europe" A Success Story One year ago, on 1 August 2024, the European AI Act came into force – a historic milestone for the global regulation of artificial intelligence. Europe has thus set comprehensive standards. date 2025/07/31 press Policy & Law eco Association on the High-Tech Agenda eco – Association of the Internet Industry regards the High-Tech Agenda of the Federal Ministry of Education, Research, Technology and Space as an important step towards enabling digital innovations “made in Germany”. With this initiative, the German federal government is sending a strong signal for the country’s future viability and demonstrating its recognition of the importance of digital innovation. The Association particularly welcomes the fact that Artificial Intelligence is identified as the number one key technology in the agenda. date 2025/07/30 press KRITIS NIS 2 Cabinet Decision Is Here: Questions Remain The cabinet decision on the implementation of the NIS 2 Directive was announced today. This puts cybersecurity back on the political agenda – with tangible implications for companies in critical sectors. eco KRITIS expert Ulrich Plate explains the questions that remain unanswered in his latest assessment. date 2025/07/30 press Security 100 Years of Quantum Research: Cryptoagility as a Key Strategy for Resilient Systems Quantum computers are developing faster than expected and pose a threat to traditional encryption methods. Crypto agility is becoming a prerequisite for long-term IT security in companies. date 2025/07/29 News Policy & Law Leaked German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) Draft Reveals Plans for Mass Surveillance – eco Warns Against Dismantling Constitutional Controls With the leaked draft of the "Security Package 2.0", the German Federal Ministry of the Interior is planning far-reaching digital surveillance powers – some of which would not be subject to judicial review. eco – Association of the Internet Industry warns against dismantling constitutional safeguards and calls for a reorientation in line with fundamental rights. date 2025/07/24 press KRITIS Digital Resilience Requires Clarity: Practical Cybersecurity Rules for Companies Needed NIS2, CSA, CRA and e-evidence: eco's Competence Group on Critical Infrastructures (KRITIS) calls for clear, practical rules for digital resilience in EU cybersecurity policy. date 2025/07/24 News show more
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 News
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 News
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 News
Policy & Law eco – Association After One Year of the AI Act: There Is A Lack of Legally Secure Framework Conditions And Political Will to Make AI "Made in Europe" A Success Story One year ago, on 1 August 2024, the European AI Act came into force – a historic milestone for the global regulation of artificial intelligence. Europe has thus set comprehensive standards. date 2025/07/31 press
Policy & Law eco Association on the High-Tech Agenda eco – Association of the Internet Industry regards the High-Tech Agenda of the Federal Ministry of Education, Research, Technology and Space as an important step towards enabling digital innovations “made in Germany”. With this initiative, the German federal government is sending a strong signal for the country’s future viability and demonstrating its recognition of the importance of digital innovation. The Association particularly welcomes the fact that Artificial Intelligence is identified as the number one key technology in the agenda. date 2025/07/30 press
KRITIS NIS 2 Cabinet Decision Is Here: Questions Remain The cabinet decision on the implementation of the NIS 2 Directive was announced today. This puts cybersecurity back on the political agenda – with tangible implications for companies in critical sectors. eco KRITIS expert Ulrich Plate explains the questions that remain unanswered in his latest assessment. date 2025/07/30 press
Security 100 Years of Quantum Research: Cryptoagility as a Key Strategy for Resilient Systems Quantum computers are developing faster than expected and pose a threat to traditional encryption methods. Crypto agility is becoming a prerequisite for long-term IT security in companies. date 2025/07/29 News
Policy & Law Leaked German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) Draft Reveals Plans for Mass Surveillance – eco Warns Against Dismantling Constitutional Controls With the leaked draft of the "Security Package 2.0", the German Federal Ministry of the Interior is planning far-reaching digital surveillance powers – some of which would not be subject to judicial review. eco – Association of the Internet Industry warns against dismantling constitutional safeguards and calls for a reorientation in line with fundamental rights. date 2025/07/24 press
KRITIS Digital Resilience Requires Clarity: Practical Cybersecurity Rules for Companies Needed NIS2, CSA, CRA and e-evidence: eco's Competence Group on Critical Infrastructures (KRITIS) calls for clear, practical rules for digital resilience in EU cybersecurity policy. date 2025/07/24 News