Professor Kongehl 
An article by Gerd Schramm, <data> S
The scandals involving excessive intelligence activities, which have recently been brought to light by whistleblowers, have alarmed citizens and businesses alike. One thing has become clear: If we implement targeted protective measures to secure communication over insecure networks—such as the Internet—against unauthorized data interception, we are not defenseless against such schemes.
A guest article by Gerd Schramm, <data>S Data Protection and Information Security, Ulm
These days, it seems to be quite easy to keep software and hardware costs relatively low. For founders in particular, reducing costs related to storage capacity, servers, or dedicated software is a relief. That’s why cloud services are so popular.
Read an interview here with “our” Professor Gerhard Kongehl, who trains data protection experts through his company, udis, and is based at the TFU Gründerzentrum in Neu-Ulm.
TFU: Professor Kongehl, you have been working as a data protection expert for over 30 years and founded the company udis more than 25 years ago. Congratulations! At udis, you train experts using the Ulm Model. I assume these are professionals from larger companies?
GK: Thank you for the congratulations; we’ve really invested a lot of time and effort into this important issue. But your assumption is wrong: Data protection isn’t just a concern for larger companies. More than 70% of the trainees at udis come from small and medium-sized businesses!
TFU: I see! But even from companies that are really young and small?
A guest post by Gerd Schramm, <data> S, Ulm
iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, tablet, smartphone—these little helpers have become indispensable in today’s business world. They enable management to stay constantly up to date and give the sales team the ability to always have important business data at their fingertips. Unfortunately, however, these new devices also motivate many data thieves to set up sophisticated traps. Being accessible everywhere also means being vulnerable everywhere. Protecting personal data and sensitive company information is therefore a major challenge today—not only for large corporations but also for small and medium-sized businesses.
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