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According to a recent analysis by Compensation Partner, employees in IT security earn over 63,000 euros (gross) per year, with managers earning over 100,000 euros per year. The most lucrative city is Munich.
read more...The automation technology provider Pilz from Ostfildern was the victim of a targeted cyber attack on Sunday, October 13. All server and PC workstations worldwide, including the company's communication network, were affected.
read more...Kaspersky's latest report on cyber threats for the first half of 2019 shows that 41.2% of ICS (Industrial Control System) computers were exposed to an attack. The energy sector is most frequently affected - including by generic malware.
read more...A new study by the VDMA's Impuls Foundation on digital market foreclosure concludes that the free exchange of data will be massively impaired. The effects will hit SMEs particularly hard.
read more...More than a third of small companies and more than half of large companies are still using the 'Windows 7' operating system, support for which will expire in five months' time.
read more...Forgot your password? The Paluno Software Technology Institute at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is researching a new approach that combines biometrics and password protection.
read more...Authentication processes, which are the linchpin of the security of web, mobile and other applications, show various vulnerabilities in penetration tests. The four most common are described below.
read more...The security company KnowBe4 puts the growth rate of social media phishing attacks - i.e. attacks with a social media reference in the subject line of fake emails - at 75% this year. In particular, the company warns against 'LinkedIn' in the subject line.
read more...Mechanical and plant engineering
After 2013, the VDMA has once again conducted a survey on industrial security among manufacturing companies in Germany. The key results in a series of images.
read more...'Forum Safety & Security 2019'
A total of 228 participants, speakers and exhibitors came together from July 8 to 10 in the Sindelfingen Stadthalle for an intensive exchange of information on the two sides of the "security coin" - as part of the 'Forum Safety & Security 2019'.
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