I need to admit: I really love writing audits. It has a certain degree of scientific working to falsify statements. So I was recently confronted with the following quote from a responsible IT manager: We are not concerned with security, but with liability. If Microsoft promises security, this is enough for us. Read more

Within a " digital breakfast " I will give a presentation for the DigiNet Südwestfalen at November, rd , : am at my own Conferencing-Server Topic: “Security of Conferencing Software” giving Stakeholders and Decision-Makers Orientation for risk-assesment. This is a non-public event, please register via Sonja Pfaff on the DiginetSWF Website. Read more

. Companies in Germany affected The BSI (German Federal Authority for Informationsecurity) warns with the second highest level “orange” (= the IT threat situation is mission critical. massive disruption of regular operations) in the public media. Around , companies in Germany alone are affected by several critical vulnerabilities because security updates have not yet been installed. Read more

Over the recent days, information leaked out how the UK authorities cope with their reported Corona figures. Due to a “technical problem”, about , Infected including , contact persons have somehow “got lost”. Well actually, they are using a bunch of Microsoft Excel files. Unfortunately, a spreadsheet stops working at ,, lines. Read more