Category: Security policy

Current: Critical submarine cable infrastructure

Current: Critical submarine cable infrastructure

Gepostet von | 21 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

What happens if an undersea cable is interrupted? Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the federal and state governments will once again adopt new quarantine rules. This also has an impact on personnel in critical infrastructure. If you look at the list published today by RND, you will find all the buildings, facilities and organisations that are important to our lives. The federal and state governments have defined nine sectors. People concerned about maritime security will find maritime and inland shipping as well as logistics under transport and traffic, but does Berlin have an eye on what can happen at sea? How do you protect this critical underwater cable infrastructure? In March, the Royal Navy...

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CONDOR IMS - Authorisation for the guarding of seagoing vessels

CONDOR IMS - Authorisation for the guarding of seagoing vessels

Gepostet von | 18 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

Since the end of December 2021, CONDOR International and Maritime Services (CONDOR IMS GmbH) has once again been approved by the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) for the guarding of seagoing vessels. This makes the Essen-based company one of the few German pioneers to have successfully completed the procedure for defence against external threats on seagoing vessels. Since December 2013, private security companies wishing to offer armed services aimed at defence against pirates on seagoing vessels flying the German flag have required a BAFA licence, regardless of where they are based. This is carried out in consultation with the Federal Police (BPOL), which is primarily responsible for the specific procedures and...

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Impulses for defence policy 2022 - Symposium on 7 March 2022

Impulses for defence policy 2022 - Symposium on 7 March 2022

Gepostet von | 14 Jan 2022 | , , | 0

The DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR WEHRTECHNIK e.V. is holding the symposium "Prospects for the defence industry 2022" on 7 March 2022. Offline. For more than 10 years, the Defence Industry Perspectives Symposium has been the kick-off event of DWT and SGW for the respective event year. It has proved extremely successful in this function. Statements made by the Federal Ministry of Defence (BMVg) and senior representatives of the security and defence industry at the beginning of the year always provide important points of reference for the further development of defence policy, but above all for equipping the Bundeswehr in the current year. This applies in particular to the Symposium 2022, which is now being held a few months after the formation of the...

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