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News in Brief<br />
secunet on Twitter, Xing and LinkedIn<br />
Social media have not only changed<br />
the way we interact with each other <strong>as</strong><br />
individuals but have also become an essential<br />
means of communication in the<br />
business world. In 2012, we extended<br />
our online presence to Twitter, Xing and<br />
LinkedIn, aiming to use these media<br />
to incre<strong>as</strong>e our availability to secunet<br />
customers and partners, and to explore<br />
with them the issues of the moment surrounding<br />
IT security.<br />
Via our corporate profiles on the Xing<br />
and LinkedIn business platforms, we<br />
offer existing and future customers <strong>as</strong><br />
well <strong>as</strong> potential recruits to our ranks a<br />
quick and convenient way of getting in<br />
touch with us.<br />
Professional <strong>as</strong>sociations and the German<br />
Federal Chancellery have long had<br />
their own presence here. We are now<br />
using our Twitter page – @secunet_AG –<br />
to inform our customers and other interested<br />
users about the latest developments<br />
in the world of IT security. We go<br />
beyond relaying news from and about<br />
our own company, picking up on a wide<br />
range of IT security issues <strong>as</strong> these<br />
affect the private and public sectors. We<br />
publish up-to-the-minute alerts on current<br />
security vulnerabilities and engage<br />
in a fruitful exchange of views and opinions<br />
with the online communities.<br />
Visit our website at www.secunet.com<br />
and follow us on Twitter at @secunet_AG<br />
This QR code will<br />
take you directly to<br />
our Twitter page:<br />
http://www.twitter.com/<br />
secunet_AG<br />
New Federal Framework<br />
Agreement on IT Security<br />
Services<br />
New Appointment<br />
at the<br />
BSI<br />
Since August 2012, federal authorities<br />
have been able to call on secunet to<br />
provide IT security services under the<br />
terms of two new framework agreements<br />
with the German Federal Office<br />
for Information Security (BSI). In <strong>as</strong>sociation<br />
with HiSolutions AG, secunet w<strong>as</strong><br />
once again successful in its bid for the<br />
contract to supply IT security consulting<br />
services to the German federal government.<br />
The new agreements cover general<br />
consulting services for IT security<br />
in federal authorities, consultancy in the<br />
field of e-government t<strong>as</strong>ks and projects,<br />
the implementation of security<br />
audits and reviews, and the drafting of<br />
IT security and emergency concepts.<br />
secunet will further be supporting the<br />
federal government in the performance<br />
of security analyses designed to identify<br />
and resolve vulnerabilities in IT systems<br />
and processes. More information can<br />
be found on the federal government’s<br />
online procurement portal Kaufhaus<br />
des Bundes at https://www.kd-bund.de<br />
(NB: access only with certificate) and<br />
on the federal government intranet at<br />
http://kdb.intranet.bund.de.<br />
More information:<br />
Dirk Ossenbrüggen<br />
dirk.ossenbrueggen@secunet.com<br />
Federal Office<br />
for Information Security<br />
With effect from 1st January 2013,<br />
Andre<strong>as</strong> Könen is the new Vice-President<br />
of the BSI. His predecessor in the<br />
office, Horst Flätgen, h<strong>as</strong> moved to the<br />
Federal Ministry of Finance. Könen’s<br />
previous role w<strong>as</strong> <strong>as</strong> Director of Advice<br />
and Coordination. In previous years,<br />
he held responsibility for the are<strong>as</strong> of<br />
Coordination and Control <strong>as</strong> well <strong>as</strong><br />
Security in Applications and Critical<br />
Infr<strong>as</strong>tructures. The new man in charge<br />
at the Department of Advice and Coordination<br />
is Horst Samsel.<br />
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