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Federal Office for Information Security

Index Federal Office for Information Security

The Federal Office for Information Security (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. [1]

20 relations: Arne Schönbohm, Bonn, Certification, Countersurveillance, Critical infrastructure protection, Cryptography, European Union Agency for Network and Information Security, Federal agency (Germany), Federal Intelligence Service (Germany), Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community, Germany, Gpg4win, Horst Seehofer, Interior ministry, Internet security, Libelle (cipher), National Cyberdefence Centre, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Politics of Germany, Signals intelligence.

Arne Schönbohm

Arne Schönbohm is the former chairman of the Cyber Security Council of Germany, and the current President of the German Federal Office for Information Security.

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Bonn

The Federal City of Bonn is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000.

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Certification

Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization.

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Countersurveillance

Countersurveillance refers to measures undertaken to prevent surveillance, including covert surveillance.

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Critical infrastructure protection

Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) is a concept that relates to the preparedness and response to serious incidents that involve the critical infrastructure of a region or nation.

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Cryptography

Cryptography or cryptology (from κρυπτός|translit.

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European Union Agency for Network and Information Security

The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security - self-designation ENISA from the abbreviation of its original name - is an agency of the European Union.

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Federal agency (Germany)

Federal agencies in Germany are established to assist the country's executive branch on the federal level according to of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz).

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Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)

The Federal Intelligence Service (German: Bundesnachrichtendienst;, BND) is the foreign intelligence agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Chancellor's Office.

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Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community

The Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat; Heimat also translates to "homeland"), abbreviated BMI, is cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gpg4win

Gpg4win is an email and file encryption package for most versions of Microsoft Windows, which uses GnuPG public-key cryptography for data encryption and digital signatures.

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Horst Seehofer

Horst Lorenz Seehofer (born 4 July 1949) is a German politician serving as Leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) since 2008 and Minister of the Interior, Building and Community since 2018 under Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Interior ministry

An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, registration, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters.

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Internet security

Internet security is a branch of computer security specifically related to the Internet, often involving browser security but also network security on a more general level, as it applies to other applications or operating systems as a whole.

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Libelle (cipher)

Libelle is a German cipher system, developed by the Federal Office for Information Security.

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National Cyberdefence Centre

The National Cyberdefence Centre is a German government agency established to respond to attacks on government computers in Germany.

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National Institute of Standards and Technology

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is one of the oldest physical science laboratories in the United States.

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Politics of Germany

Germany is a democratic, federal parliamentary republic, and federal legislative power is vested in the Bundestag (the parliament of Germany) and the Bundesrat (the representative body of the Länder, Germany's regional states).

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Signals intelligence

Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Office_for_Information_Security

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