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secunet Security Networks AG commonly known as Secunet, is a German information security corporation headquartered in Essen. Secunet develops, manufactures and sells information security hardware and secure telecommunications equipment. It is the producer and vendor of Germany's SINA infrastructure that forms the basis for Germany's secure IT networks. Secunet is Germany's biggest information security company and provides services for the public administration and private enterprises in the country. The company listed publicly in the SDAX.

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secunet Security Networks AG
Type Public
FWB:  YSN
SDAX component
ISIN DE0007276503
Industry
Founded1997;27 years ago (1997) in Essen, Germany
Headquarters
Essen
,
Germany
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products SINA
RevenueIncrease2.svg €337.6 million (2021)
Number of employees
c. 1,000 (2022)
Website secunet.com
Footnotes /references
Financials as of 30 March 2022. [1]

Secunet was founded in 1997 as a spin-off of the IT division of the former TÜV Mitte AG. [2] Since 2009, Giesecke+Devrient has been the majority shareholder. [3] In 2022, Secunet generated a revenue of 347 million euros and had more than 1,000 employees, thus making it the leading IT security partner of the Federal Republic of Germany. [4] Within Germany Secunet has seats in Berlin, Bonn, Borchen, Dresden, Eschborn, Hamburg, Munich and Siegen. [5]

Products and services

With its products and services, Secunet primarily focuses on clients in the public administration and ministries, the healthcare sector, the defense and space sector as well as specifically security and police agencies. [6]

Secure Networking

One of Secunet's premier products is the SINA (Secure Inter-Network Architecture) product line which was co-developed with Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). [7] The SINA architecture forms the basis for Germany's classified information networks and is used in a broad range of public institutions in Germany and abroad. The architecture is accredited to the NATO and EU SECRET classifications and includes network encryptors and workstations as well as communication devices, such as encrypted phones. [8] [9] [10]

Border Control

Secunet is the producer of EasyPASS, an automated border control system used at airports and border check points in Germany and a number of EU countries. [11]

Consulting

Secunet's services include information security consulting, assessments and penetration testing.[ citation needed ]

Healthcare

Germany's electronic healthcare infrastructure is partially based on Secunet products. [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "secunet Security Networks AG. 2021 Annual Report" (PDF). secunet Security Networks AG. March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Deutsche Telekom soll Auslandsmärkte öffnen: Secunet will Expansion in Europa in Angriff nehmen". www.computerwoche.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  3. ↑ "From banknote printers to international industrial group". Giesecke+Devrient. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  4. ↑ "secunet Security Networks AG publishes Annual Report 2022: Financial year 2022 closed with record sales revenue, forecast for 2023 predicts further growth". www.secunet.com. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  5. ↑ "YSNG.DE - Secunet Security Networks AG | Stock Price & Latest News | Reuters". www.reuters.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  6. ↑ "IT Security for Industry | secunet AG". www.secunet.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  7. ↑ publisher. "SINA over time". Federal Office for Information Security. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  8. ↑ "NIAPC - SINA". NATO Communication and Informations Agency. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  9. ↑ "secunet to deliver cyber security solution to EEAS". www.secunet.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  10. ↑ "Ein Hauch von James Bond: Wenn beim Kanzler das rote Telefon klingelt". bild.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  11. ↑ online, heise. "Secunet installiert Easygate-Grenzkontrollgeräte an Schengen-Außengrenze". heise online (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  12. ↑ online, heise. "Überhastete Digitalisierung gefährdet das Gesundheitssystem". c't Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  13. ↑ "E-Health Konnektor - mehr als ein Router | secunet AG". www.secunet.com. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
  14. ↑ online, heise. "Wer für Fehler bei der Anbindung von Arztpraxen haftet". c't Magazin (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-23.
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