Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector
| Zentrale Stelle für Informationstechnik im Sicherheitsbereich (ZITiS) | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 6 April 2017 |
| Headquarters | Zamdorfer Straße 88, Munich, Bavaria |
| Employees | 250 (April 2022) 400 (planned 2022) |
| Annual budget | €36,721,000 (2019)[1] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent department | Federal Ministry of the Interior |
| Website | zitis |
The Central Office for Information Technology in the Security SectorFederal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community. Its mission is to develop and research technical solutions, tools and methods for other government agencies.[3]
As such ZITiS is not an
Big Data Analysis.[6]
History
The agency was founded on 6 April 2017, and by 2022 is planned to employ 400 people. The
messenger services such as WhatsApp was cited as one of its primary goals.[4] The agency's president Winfried Karl in 2017 publicly called for the authority to strike back against the perpetrators of cyberattacks.[7]
In June 2018 the team consisted of 60 members, growing to 100 by April 2019,private industry.[5]
The announcement of ZITiS' creation led to significant criticism from
constitutional complaint against the agency.[10] Thomas de Maizière stated in response that ZITiS activities would be compliant with the law.[11]
See also
- Federal Office for Information Security
- National Cyberdefence Centre
References
- ^ Haushaltsgesetz 2019 (PDF) (Federal budget) (in German). Bundestag. 2019. p. 711. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- Spiegel Online. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ a b c Knight, Ben (14 September 2017). "Hacking for the government: Germany opens ZITiS cyber surveillance agency". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ golem.de(in German). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Heise online. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Organisational chart" (PDF). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "German cyber agency calls for authority to hack back: Spiegel". Reuters. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "ZITiS feiert 100. Mitarbeiter" (Press release) (in German). 2 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Biselli, Anna (8 December 2018). "Statt Mate: Hackerbehörde ZITiS findet nicht genug Personal und probierts mit 2.000 Koffein-Shots". netzpolitik.org (in German). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Grüne wollen Zitis verhindern" (in German). RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. 22 November 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Reichart, Johannes (14 September 2017). "ZITiS - Deutschlands neues Ohr an der digitalen Masse" (in German). Bayerischer Rundfunk. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017.