Overview

• The federal government plans a 50% increase in the BSI’s budget for 2026 to bolster cybersecurity capabilities.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt outlined formal planning for a national 'Cyber Dome' that integrates military and civilian cyber defense and expands active-response capabilities within constitutional limits.
• Transposition of the EU’s NIS-2 directive will impose mandatory security standards on at least 25,000 firms, including incident reporting and supply chain risk management.
• A confidential Bundesrechnungshof report warns that fewer than 10% of the more than 100 federal data centers meet minimum security requirements.
• A study by Initiative Deutschland sicher im Netz found that public and corporate awareness of digital risks is decreasing, with many organizations overestimating their resilience.