Advancing digitalization is leading to an increase in the networking of devices and services, which significantly increases the attack surface for cyber attacks. At the same time, the threat of phishing, malware, AI-supported attacks and other vulnerabilities is increasing. These developments highlight the need for a broad-based, society-wide approach to promoting cyber security. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has therefore been organizing a dialogue on cybersecurity since 2016, which systematically includes different perspectives and actors from the stakeholder groups of civil society, business, science, culture & media and the state. As part of this dialogue, the ConPolicy Institute and the nexus Institute are providing organizational and methodological support for two workstreams. These workstreams aim to develop concrete solutions to current cyber security issues.
The two workstreams for 2024/2025 deal with the following topics:
- Cybersecurity in society - the role of the CRA for open source
- White card for special exemplary behavior in information security
The project comprises four central work packages:
- Work package 1: Kick-off and project coordination. Coordination of a common understanding of the project with the BSI. The aim is to clarify the specific work processes, structure the collaboration and define standardized communication channels.
- Work package 2: Operational support for the workstreams. Organizational and procedural support for the workstreams. ConPolicy and nexus act as supporting entities that enable an efficient, agile way of working and support the various stakeholders in their technical work.
- Work package 3: Results reports. Creation of barrier-free, at least 15-page results reports for each workstream. Selected partial results will be presented at an annual workshop.
- Work package 4: Final report. Summary of the key findings from the monitoring of the workstreams, evaluation of the implementation and formulation of lessons learned as well as recommendations for further development.
