Protecting IT systems, applications and working processes is a basic component of successful digitalisation in companies. An understanding of the latest or most common types of threat in the cyber sphere is a requirement for the selection of suitable cyber safeguards for protecting company resources.

The BSI publishes various documents and cyber security recommendations at irregular intervals with information about cyber security topics. The following section provides an overview of various types of threat. Information and support, such as analyses of frequently used patterns of attack, offer a basis for selecting appropriate preventative and reactive safeguards as well as a risk analysis of the company in question. Tools for detecting attacks on the company are also provided.