For the ISMS tool verinice, the sector-specific standard B3S Krankenhaus (hospital) is now available. It supports hospitals in implementing requirements for the protection of their information infrastructure. Users can apply the standard in the IT baseline protection or in the ISM/ISO perspective. The standard is published by the German Hospital Federation. As additional content for verinice, it can be purchased via the verinice.SHOP or downloaded from the verinice.PRO repository. Please note:…

The City of Berlin has extended its contract with SerNet GmbH for the use of the ISMS tool "verinice". For another four years, the state administration institutions will thus use this widely used OpenSource tool for managing information security. The contractual partner on the side of German's capital is the IT Service Center "ITDZ - IT-Dienstleistungszentrum Berlin". The ITDZ Berlin also uses verinice for its own purposes and was the first company to receive the BSI certificate according to the…

verinice support budgets are now available in the verinice.SHOP. They provide quick and easy access to supporting services. In addition to individual contracts, SerNet is thus making flat-rate budgets available to customers all over the world.

With this step wants to make it easier for verinice users to have direct access to the expertise of the verinice.TEAM. Two advantages in particular are key: The contract is concluded immediately instead of having to be individually negotiated. In…

On 4 May 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It replaces the national sectoral data protection regulations in the 28 EU Member States. Thus, after a a two-year transitional period, national regulations will not be valid anymore. 

With the reform, a EU wide unified legal framework with a high standard of data protection should be ensured in the member states. For companies, the basic regulation has major implications…

The verinice.TEAM is pleased to announce, that the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union (GSC) joined the active and intensive verinice.PRO users. The GSC supports the European Council and the Council of the EU and helps to organize their work. verinice.PRO now contributes to this task. 

verinice gains popularity as a tried and tested tool for the management of an information security system. Other users include more and more companies, institutions and authorities at local,…