Maximum information security for our customers

With certification according to the ISO 27001 international standard (IT Security Techniques – Information Security Management Systems – Requirements), we are in compliance with the German IT Security Act. We have proactively addressed the topic of security and have implemented it quickly and successfully on behalf of our customers.

More and more industries are coming under the German IT Security Act, including sectors like energy, information technology and telecommunications, transportation, and healthcare. As digitalization progresses, we can expect requirements to become even stricter. Sooner or later, companies will be forced to react.

The ISO 27001 standard specifies requirements for the setup, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of a documented information security management system (ISMS), while taking into account the organizational context.

As a provider of digitalization solutions, there was no question that we would offer our customers the added value of this standard and, in the process, raise our maturity level as a company in line with the IT Security Act. The driving forces behind its implementation at HEITEC AG were Christoph Decker as Project Manager and Ekkehard Reuss as project sponsor from the Managing Board.

Over the past year, HEITEC has invested in IT infrastructure and object security. The server landscape mirrored over two locations was expanded. “Thanks to separate systems and fast restore concepts, we guarantee our customers the highest security – from documents and project documentation to IT services,” says Decker.

To provide our customers with added value and meet their requirements, we’ve not only improved our IT standards, but have also optimized our sales, project management, and development processes and adapted them to the requirements of the ISMS. Because digitalization software is also developed for our customers and partners at our Hungarian subsidiary and by our joint venture DMG MORI HEITEC Digital, it was an important and logical step that they should also be certified.

The project began in December 2019 with the introduction of the roadmap. The requirements were initially presented in workshops before being implemented in practice. The critical audits certifying that HEITEC AG meets the specified standards were then performed at the end of last year.

“Certification according to ISO 27001 is an important and logical step for HEITEC and our customers. In addition to our services and engineering expertise, we now offer the best standards in information security!” says HEITEC Chair Ekkehard Reuss.

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