Pioneers for Digital Sovereignty

For more than 25 years, SerNet stands for expertise in open source software. As a co-creator of Samba and the developer of the ISMS tool verinice, SerNet has firmly anchored digital independence in its own philosophy. verinice gives companies and public authorities full control over their security architectures – transparently, flexibly, openly. This vision drives SerNet: IT solutions without dependency, with maximum sovereignty and a clear commitment to an open digital future.

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Digital sovereignty: a key for Europe

Digital sovereignty means making independent technological decisions and maintaining control over digital infrastructures. This topic has gained importance in Germany and the EU – states and companies increasingly want to reduce their dependencies on international technology providers. The EU actively promotes the use of open-source technologies and open standards to strengthen European software ecosystems. Projects such as “Public Money, Public Code” underline the requirement that software financed by public funds be made publicly available in order to promote transparency, security and innovation. This is an important step towards making digital infrastructures resilient and independent.

How SerNet is strengthening digital sovereignty with verinice

• Open source code and transparency: verinice is completely open source. Users have access to the source code, can subject it to security checks and even adapt it to their specific needs. This transparency makes it possible to identify potential security vulnerabilities more quickly and to fix them independently.
• Independence from proprietary systems: With verinice, SerNet relies on open standards. This avoids the lock-in effect of proprietary solutions, which often results in high costs and low flexibility. Customers have the freedom to design their IT systems to meet their requirements.
• Interoperability and flexibility: verinice ensures that companies retain full control over their data. With powerful import and export options, data can be easily transferred between systems, enabling seamless integration of existing IT infrastructures. verinice.veo's public and fully documented API makes it easy to connect your own applications and services, allowing for flexible customization of the security architecture. Users can rely on proven technologies such as Keycloak, PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ.
• Promoting European technologies: SerNet contributes to the promotion of European software ecosystems. verinice is a European open-source solution programmed in Germany, thus helping to reduce dependencies on international providers. This strengthens the EU's digital independence and innovative capacity.
• Application-driven development: verinice is continuously being developed both professionally and technically – also by an active community with which the verinice team maintains a transparent and open exchange. This collective innovative strength ensures that the software is always up to date and meets current challenges.