If companies are to successfully negotiate the transition to digital, it will be essential for them to protect their IT systems, IT applications and work processes. And to enable them to select the most appropriate cyber security measures for protecting company resources, they must know all about what types of threat are common and currently found in cyberspace.

The BSI publishes various documents and cyber security recommendations containing information on cyber security issues at irregular intervals. Depending on the type of company in question, cyber criminals can find a range of gateways through which to perpetrate cyber attacks. They focus on different targets such as office-based IT, equipment used for working from home, the server room or the employees themselves. The following section looks at various targets of attack in a general sense. Information and guidance provide the basis for a risk analysis of your own company and help you take steps to implement preventive and reactive measures. Tools are also made available for detecting attacks on your own company.