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Government & Government Agencies

Digitization is not presenting new challenges to the German economy alone. Federal, state, and local governments, cities, and public-sector companies are also continuously engaged in transforming analog processes and databases into the digital world. This development is increasing the demands placed on Germany’s digital infrastructure as a whole; protecting it from attacks and being overloaded is one of the primary challenges of the 21st century.

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Intensified threat situation

As a service partner to a variety of government agencies and public-sector organizations, Myra saw the number of attacks on websites increase by more than 300% since the beginning of the Corona pandemic. The frequency of denial-of-service attacks on data centers more than doubled over the same period and continues to rise. The consequences are far-reaching. The unavailability of government websites and digital applications such as warning apps or info services unsettles the population and permanently undermines trust in government agencies.

The intensification of the threat situation in the public sector is primarily the result of increasing digitization. More remote work and new digital services dramatically increase the virtual attack surface of the government and public administration. As an economically powerful nation, Germany is the focus of cybercriminals who are after lucrative assets. Digital extortion using ransomware or DDoS is booming. In addition, authorities and public institutions are more and more targeted by politically motivated attackers, hacktivists and cyberterrorists.

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Tighter regulation: government & public administration are critical infrastructure

Increasingly stringent regulation is also placing greater demands on IT security and data protection. The upcoming IT Security Act 2.0, for example, sets out specific requirements for cybersecurity and also defines minimum standards for organizations relevant to critical infrastructure specifically established by the BSI (Federal Office for Information Security). For example, key IT components will be subject to mandatory reporting in the future and may only come from manufacturers that have issued a warranty declaration to the operator. The latter is intended in particular to ensure full compliance with minimum standards in order to guarantee the necessary protection against sabotage, espionage, or terrorism from a security policy perspective.

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Legal compliance

The issue of data protection has become particularly relevant since the transatlantic Privacy Shield agreement between the EU and the USA was ruled invalid. Legally compliant transfer of sensitive data has only been possible in exceptional cases since then. This means that many government departments and agencies will have to rethink the issue of IT outsourcing providers. In most scenarios, only European IT providers are able to provide legal compliance with the GDPR.

Myra Security offers custom solutions

for government agencies

Experience & expertise

Myra protects over 500 domains of the German government and of German federal and state government agencies.

Comprehensive certification

ISO 27001 based on BSI IT-Grundschutz, PCI-DSS, Trusted Cloud, BSI C5 typ 2

Audited

BSI-KRITIS certified

Security Operations Center

24/7 full-service support from our IT experts

Made in Germany

Development and operation entirely in Germany

No legal uncertainty over Privacy Shield

As a German company, Myra works in full compliance with the GDPR

Absolute discretion

All communications are treated as highly confidential

Our technologies for protecting ministries and government agencies

Myra Security as a Service Platform automatically protects online tools, websites, and the DNS servers and IT infrastructure required for communication. Myra fulfills all performance requirements defined by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for qualified DDoS protection providers. As such, highly sensitive infrastructure is in safe hands with Myra.

To Myra Security as a Service Platform

As an upstream filter, Myra Application Security protects your web applications. It blocks malicious traffic before it reaches your servers or cloud architecture. Using Myra’s multi-fingerprinting features, any applications attempting to access the servers are clearly identified and displayed in Myra Analytics.

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