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Helmut Peters  Michael Klöwer   Kostal 59 automotiveIT 2012 market more people in the auto industry are hitting the brakes again Kostal is in a position to adapt flexibly to the new condi tions For 2013 we have cut back our plans but we continue to be ready to immediately raise the ante if it becomes necessary We consider this strategy to be more sensible than wrestling the wheel back under pres sure Klöwer We moved ahead with strategical ly important IT projects during the crisis years of 2008 2009 but with a sense of proportion Severe cost cutting in on going operations or even a reduction in the number of employees was never an issue This is certainly a reason why we have ma stered the restart phase so well If the eco nomic efficiency of an investment plan is a given everyone at Kostal is strongly com mitted to it Where is IT spending the most money at the moment Klöwer Stable secure operation is very important to us Our vertical integration stands at a high 90 percent We are natural ly looking at hot topics such as mobile com puting or big data but nothing proceeds without a concrete business case We sim ply do not have the capacity to do research with pilot models and prototypes and so far have fared very well with the fast follow er principle We have no problem yielding the right of way to others Where does IT security stand at Ko stal Klöwer Nearly all IT activities are relevant to security That s why we do not merely talk about security in IT but rather about certified enterprise security That is an awareness that can still be developed wi thin the company group One of our main objectives is to protect the company s intel lectual property especially in light of Asia Have you ever seen a copy of a Kostal switch Peters This has already occurred But it was quite apparently not produced on the basis of our design drawings The issue is explo sive since independent engineering capa city is expanding in China America and foreign countries in Europe we must have strict project guidelines to closely control data access by development employees in the region Naturally we must constantly sensitize our own employees as to how im portant security is Just wrapping a firewall around the company is no longer enough today Interview by Ralf Bretting and Hilmar Dunker