Dock-Yard-Management NIS2

The NIS2 Directive requires companies to comprehensively ensure the security of their systems and the availability of business-critical services. In practice, the focus is often on cybersecurity—a key component, but not a sufficient one. This is because an effective security strategy always takes the physical layer into account as well.

NIS2 Access Control and Visitor Management

The NIS2 Directive significantly expands the concept of security beyond traditional IT security. In accordance with Section 30 of the BSIG, it explicitly includes the physical protection of critical infrastructure such as server rooms, production facilities, or sensitive areas of a company.

NIS2 Measures

If critical or particularly critical infrastructure, as defined by the NIS2 Directive, fails—for example, as a result of a cyberattack—this can have far-reaching consequences for supply chains, partner companies, and public services. The requirements placed on affected organizations are correspondingly high.

What is NIS2

The increasing interconnectivity of business processes, supply chains, and critical infrastructure is constantly expanding the attack surface for cyber threats. At the same time, today’s attackers operate in a highly professional manner, working in coordinated teams and deploying significant resources.

KRITIS Access Control

The KRITIS Framework Act introduces new requirements for operators of critical infrastructure—including in the areas of access control and visitor management.

KRITIS Yard Management

The KRITIS Framework Act has, among other things, tightened the rules governing access controls in KRITIS companies.

KRITIS Companies

The KRITIS Framework Act imposes stricter physical security requirements on operators of critical infrastructure. The law defines which facilities are considered critical infrastructure and therefore deserve special protection. In practice, however, many KRITIS companies are not actively informed that they are subject to these requirements.

KRITIS requirements

Critical infrastructure (KRITIS) forms the backbone of our modern society. Energy supply, healthcare, water, information technology, and transportation: A failure or disruption of these systems can have far-reaching consequences for the economy, the government, and the public. The legal requirements for KRITIS operators are correspondingly stringent.

Strengthening cyber resilience

Cyberattacks, sabotage, system failures, or supply chain disruptions: Security incidents are now among the most significant business risks—across all industries and regardless of company size. Hundreds of thousands of new malware programs are released every day.

Efficient & Secure Access Control

The traditional gatekeeper is no longer enough these days. When it comes to access to buildings or large industrial sites, many people still think of the gatehouse at the entrance or the friendly receptionist at the main desk.

Access control

Companies that want to demonstrate to the outside world that their data is processed and protected securely rely on a certified information security management system (ISMS). The international standard ISO/IEC 27001 defines the requirements for such a system. The latest version is ISO 27001:2022, published in Germany as DIN EN ISO/IEC 27001:2024-01. In addition, ISO 27002 provides practical recommendations for measures.

Industry solution for the food industry

Safety, control, hygiene. Compliance with these aspects is particularly important for food processing companies, but also for food logistics companies. The protection of the company premises plays an important role here as well. We will explain what regulations apply and how digital visitor management can support you with compliance.

KRITIS

In this article, we have explained the importance of secure and reliable IT structures for improving the resilience of companies. In order to best protect a company against cyber attacks, cyber security must be understood as a holistic approach that includes the entire information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT).

Visitor book

In large companies in particular, it is not easy to keep track of who is on the premises and who is authorised to be there. On the one hand, this poses a security risk and, on the other, can mean that people cannot be rescued in the event of a fire. Printed or digital visitor books and visitor lists can help here - provided they are designed in compliance with the GDPR.

Delivery traffic management: a must from retail to high security

The success of a company today depends far more on efficient, reliable and secure processes in delivery traffic than it did a decade ago: globalisation and more complex value chains have led to an increase in suppliers and an increase in delivery traffic.

Visitor registration and visitor login

Large companies and firms that handle sensitive data or expensive goods in particular rely on visitor registration or visitor log-in to ensure security and data protection. By recording visitor information, access authorisations can be controlled, unauthorised access prevented and - e.g. after a data protection incident - seamless tracking can be guaranteed.

Visitor badge software

Visitor badges are ubiquitous in companies today: made of paper or plastic, with additional functions such as an image, RFID chip, QR code or barcode. In large companies in particular, it's not just about security, but also about efficient creation and administration, the company's own image and the functions associated with the badge.

Evacuation list

The most important question in a disaster like a fire is: is everyone safe or do people still need to be rescued? In the general chaos, it is not easy to determine who made it out of a burning building. Reconstructing afterwards who of the employees, visitors and employees of external companies were originally in the building is a real challenge - unless you are prepared and have an evacuation list or attendance list.

Self-Service

What is self-service?

The idea is as clever as it is familiar: Where there is little staff, the customer has to help themselves. Self-service first appeared in the 19th century, when the idea that customers could serve themselves became widespread in retail.

Requirements for first-class yard management

Multilingualism is not only an issue for the employees of global companies. The expansion of labor markets towards Southern and Eastern Europe also requires multilingual software applications in many industries in order to design processes securely and efficiently. Logistics stands for internationality like hardly any other industry.

Visitor management software

Especially in large companies, visitor management can involve a lot of effort and lead to waiting times at reception. At the same time, a functioning visitor management system is important for security in many companies. With the right visitor management software, these challenges can be mastered - and in compliance with the GDPR.

Authorisation workflow visitor management

Authorisation workflows in visitor management enable efficient processes and ensure improved security standards. Find out exactly what authorisation workflows are, how they work and who they are suitable for here:

Optimise reception processes with visitor management software

Within milliseconds, the other person is assessed when they first meet. Based on various criteria, an image is created that is difficult to revise. This is known as the famous ‘good first impression’ that you want to make.