Federal Office for Information Security

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federal agency of Germany national cybersecurity authority

The Federal Office for Information Security is Germany’s national cybersecurity authority responsible for safeguarding government IT systems, setting security standards, and advising public institutions and businesses on information security.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Office for Information Security canonical	1
German Federal Office for Information Security	1
German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency of Germany ⓘ national cybersecurity authority ⓘ
abbreviation	BSI NERFINISHED ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Union Agency for Cybersecurity NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence NERFINISHED ⓘ national cybersecurity authorities of other countries ⓘ
country	Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
employerOf	IT security experts ⓘ computer scientists ⓘ cryptographers ⓘ
fieldOfWork	IT security ⓘ computer emergency response ⓘ critical infrastructure protection ⓘ cryptography ⓘ cybersecurity ⓘ information security ⓘ
hasPart	German Computer Emergency Response Team NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bonn NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1991 ⓘ
issues	IT security guidelines ⓘ security advisories on software vulnerabilities ⓘ technical standards for information security ⓘ
jurisdiction	Federal Republic of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalForm	federal higher authority ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	North Rhine-Westphalia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
missionStatement	to ensure information security for government, business and society in Germany ⓘ
nativeName	Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	German ⓘ
parentOrganization	Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community NERFINISHED ⓘ
publishes	IT-Grundschutz (IT baseline protection) compendium NERFINISHED ⓘ annual reports on the state of IT security in Germany ⓘ
regulates	IT baseline protection catalogues NERFINISHED ⓘ minimum IT security standards for federal agencies ⓘ
responsibleFor	IT security of federal government systems ⓘ advising businesses on information security ⓘ advising public institutions on information security ⓘ certification of IT security products and services ⓘ detection and response to IT security incidents affecting federal networks ⓘ development of IT security standards in Germany ⓘ evaluation of cryptographic procedures for government use ⓘ protection of critical information infrastructures ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority	national ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
shortName	BSI NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community NERFINISHED ⓘ
website	https://www.bsi.bund.de ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Ministry of the Interior → oversees → Federal Office for Information Security ⓘ

brainpool curves → recommendedBy → Federal Office for Information Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

Gpg4win → sponsoredBy → Federal Office for Information Security ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Federal Office for Information Security