Authorities not well positioned: Experts see serious deficiencies in cyber security in Germany

According to experts, the authorities in Germany are currently not well positioned for the prosecution of criminal hackers. The problem cannot be solved without effective criminal prosecution, said Stefanie Frey from the company Deutor Cyber ​​Security Solutions on Wednesday at a hearing in the digital committee of the Bundestag.

Anyone who has ever visited the cybercrime department of a state criminal investigation office knows that this is not an attractive job for the specialists who are urgently needed to solve such crimes. The salaries are also too low.

Misbah Khan, Green Party domestic policy maker, said: “Our aim is to re-order the cybersecurity architecture. At the moment there are too many structures and actors that work past each other.”

The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is predestined to – as suggested by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) – take on the previously missing function as a central office. In order to increase trust in and credibility of the BSI, it must also become more independent.

A statement by the New Responsibility Foundation said: “In order to precisely define the contribution of various state actors, a national cyber security strategy should be developed together with the federal states. This should define the responsibilities and contributions of the countries to achieve the goals.” (dpa)

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Source: Tagesspiegel

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