30 years of IT-Grundschutz: Yesterday, today, tomorrow

Practice-orientated and flexible. This was the basic idea behind the IT security recommendations back in 1994 when the first edition of the IT-Grunschutz manual was published. Three decades later, it is not only the world of IT-Grundschutz that has changed.

IT-Grundschutz has always been dynamic, whether in its early days, when the Internet became a mass phenomenon, or today, when it comes to the ongoing development of digitalisation in public authorities and companies, when sub-areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) are developing rapidly and, above all, when the vision of a cyber nation Germany is to become reality. IT baseline protection has established itself as a nationally and internationally recognised standard in the area of information security.

IT-Grundschutz is currently undergoing agile further development with the aim of reducing the scope and the documentation effort involved in implementation to the necessary minimum, prioritising the requirements and enabling the use of automation tools as far as possible.

The event looks back on 30 years of IT-Grundschutz and recalls the highlights of the last three decades. It will then summarise what currently distinguishes IT-Grundschutz and where it stands. Several presentations will provide information on the current status of agile further development and show what will characterise future IT-Grundschutz.

Further information will be published on the BSI website in due course. It is intended that the presentations will be recorded and made available after the event.