people are familiar with the voice control software Alexa which can open shutters close doors and create a cosy atmosphere on command The next generation of young people will probably take it for granted that inanimate objects will communi cate with us Take smart luggage for example which automatically locks or emits a warning sound if we get too far away from it Or the emergency eCall function which will be mandatory in all new cars sold in the EU from March 2018 This is just the beginning says Thilo Koslowski Managing Director of Porsche Digital In future everything will talk to everything else in traffic A road will say whether it s currently usable or not and a parking space will announce that it s free IT security German SMEs well equipped but need to catch up The digital wave is surging ahead at rapid speed Thou sands of Swedes are setting a new trend by becoming cyborgs by having microchips the size of a grain of rice implanted under their skin to function as train tickets electronic identification and keys to unlock doors And FOCUS 8 Messe Co 3 2017 more than 1 5 million people in Germany are already con sulting Ada a new app from Berlin start up Ada Health for a quick diagnosis if they feel unwell are dizzy or have a headache Digitalisation is our constant companion in every sit ation in daily life But it s also a never ending source of danger According to the latest Bitkom survey only every fifth German thinks that their data is secure on the net because everyone covets what s become the currency of the 21st century This is something that business owners also have to deal with on a daily basis Small and mid sized companies SMEs in Germany are basically well equipped to cope with this problem according to a recent survey by the BSI the German Federal Office for Information Security It revealed that companies were deploying a very large number of security measures for protecting data and networks and information was being provided on threat scenarios vulnerabilities and security updates However there was a lot of catching up to do with respect to crisis management and how to handle security breaches Only every second company has ap pointed a dedicated IT security manager and in many

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