Federal Office for Information Security

Federal Office for Information Security
Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
Agency overview
Formed 1991
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Government of Germany
Headquarters Bonn
Employees > 600 [1]
Agency executive
  • Arne Schönbohm, President
Website https://www.bsi.bund.de
Building in Bonn, Germany

The Federal Office for Information Security (German: Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, abbreviated as BSI) is the German Upper-level Federal agency in charge of managing computer and communication security for the German government. Its areas of expertise and responsibility include the security of computer applications, critical infrastructure protection, Internet security, cryptography, counter eavesdropping, certification of security products and the accreditation of security test laboratories. It is located in Bonn and has over 600 employees. Its current president, since 16 October 2009, is mathematician Michael Hange, who took over the presidency from Dr. Udo Helmbrecht.

BSI's predecessor was the cryptographic department of Germany's foreign intelligence agency (BND). BSI still designs cryptographic algorithms such as the Libelle cipher and initiated the development of the Gpg4win cryptographic suite.

Similar Agencies

The BSI has a similar role as the

Unlike those organizations, BSI is focused on IT-security rather than being part of an organisation with a more general IT-standards remit. BSI is separate from Germany's signals intelligence, which is part of the military and the foreign intelligence service (BND).

See also

References

  1. ↑ BSI - About the BSI (German)
  2. ↑ "inteco.es" (in Spanish). inteco.es. Retrieved 2013-09-25.

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