IT Situation Centre

Overview
The establishment of the IT Situation Centre is a measure of the National Plan for Information Infrastructure Protection (NPSI) adopted by the German Federal Government in July of 2005.

Beyond the three strategic goals of prevention, response and sustainability the NPSI defines its tasks under the sub-goal "to react effectively to IT security incidents":


 * recognition, reporting and evaluation of incidents
 * informing, alerting and warning
 * response to IT security incidents.

Based on these tasks, the goals of the IT Situation Centre are:


 * always have a reliable picture of the current IT security situation in Germany
 * assess the need for action and possible mitigation steps against IT security incidents at state level and within the private sector in a quick and competent way.