50 percent of German enterprises would be unable to operate in the event of a cloud outage — a sign of critical dependencies and gaps in business continuity.
OT systems require specialized security concepts that account for production availability and compliance requirements such as NIS2, rather than simply mapping IT standards.
Germany’s NIS2 implementation requires approximately 30,000 companies starting in 2026 to conduct mandatory annual cybersecurity training for their employees.
Bavaria’s police use Palantir for data analysis, but data protection officers doubt whether the U.S. software can actually be controlled when handling sensitive government data.
