Making the German economy more cyber-secure and resilient in the fight against cyber attacks - this is the idea behind the Alliance for Cyber Security (ACS). Ten years ago, the ACS, Germany's largest public-private partnership for cyber security, was launched by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the IT industry association Bitkom.

As the national cyber security authority, the shapes information security in digitization through prevention, detection and response for the state, business and society. Ten years ago, the following was still true for the business sector: companies in the area of critical infrastructure were already paying special attention to the importance of information security due to their significance in securing their existence. A ...