Airbus Defense and Space is taking over Infodas, a Cologne-based cybersecurity and IT solutions company. Infodas provides cybersecurity and IT services to the public sector, particularly defense and critical infrastructure. With this, Airbus wants to expand the area of cybersecurity and also ensure better protection of “important programs” such as the controversial Future Combat Air System, a combat flight system of the future. This emerges from a press release from Airbus.
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With the takeover planned for 2024, Airbus will gain around 250 employees. According to Airbus, Infodas generates annual sales of approximately 50 million euros. In addition, it has been certified by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for the auditing of information systems and penetration tests and offers, among other things, the SDoT security gateway product family for data exchange, which is certified by the BSI for levels of secrecy up to the “Secret” level. allowed are. In addition, the products are certified according to “Common Criteria” protection profiles.
Shortly before, it was announced that Airbus had broken off talks to take over the cybersecurity and data division of the French IT service provider Atos. According to previous information from Atos, Airbus valued the big data and security division, including debt, at 1.5 to 1.8 billion euros. Atos has been looking for solutions for some time due to losses in its traditional IT services business and high debts.
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