Saksa majanduse auhind 2022

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Corporate Solutions

Corporate Solutions product “CloudStudy” is a cloud-based service, that allows delivering end-user e-learning in a corporate environment. The product focuses on CyberAwarness training and phishing simulation. The CyberAwareness training is an animated cartoon series called “CyberFail”, that depict everyday mistakes of employees regarding cyber security issues. Each episode of the cartoon is followed by an animated video tutorial with interactions. In addition to that, the user will have to pass tests.

CybExer Technologies

CybExer Technologies is a NATO-awarded company. They provide IT platforms for cyber capability development upon which a variety of trainings and exercises are delivered. Their main focus is on cyber range technologies where they take an open range approach. This allows to provide any kinds of virtual training environments, including standard office networks and highly specialised industrial systems. This capability is built upon CybExer’s proprietary software vLab Manager that ensures second-to-none exercise creation, deployment, and management.

Entangle

Entangle is a technology start-up that develops a secure mobile communication system by implementing a one-time pad – the only truly secure encryption technique that is mathematically proven unbreakable. It is a globally scalable secure communication system suitable for business, government, military, and individual use. Share confidential and strategic information securely anywhere in the world using Entangle device and existing mobile networks.

guardtime

Guardtime is a company, specialised in cyber security and complex data management solutions. MIDA is Guardtimes flagship solution, that manages organizations oversight, control and trust over complex digital processes, data management and IT-infrastructure. MIDA uses digital twin technology to track, in real-time, the actual state of any process or data in the cloud.

Nord Security

Nord Security is a company for security solutions and is using cutting-edge technologies. Nord Security's flagman product NordVPN is designed to prevent and solve data security issues both online and offline. Since 2012, NordVPN has been creating and building a service that offers military-grade encryption with privacy solutions to ensure secure access to online resources for everyone.

NRD Cyber Security

NRD Cyber Security is fully focusing on the cyber security sector. The main idea is to enable cyber security teams in organizations and countries to work effectively and professionally. The flagman product of NRD Cyber Security is CTI Core. It is a technology solution automating CSIRT operations, like contact lists, ticketing, cyber security threat intelligence feeds, automated identification and visualization of the threats to the constituency.

Simplex

Simplex is an end-to-end payment solution for the digital asset ecosystem. They established a riskless global fiat onramp using a credit and debit card, which guarantees a zero chargeback. Simplex Banking offers the Simplex fraudless payment processing, with global payment accessibility. The company also provides a fiat infrastructure for the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Tilde

Tilde supports language technologies in the digital age and enables effective and instant multilingual communication. By using cutting- edge AI-driven technologies, Tilde develops transparent, secure neural machine translation systems, intelligent virtual assistants and speech technologies. Moreover, Tilde MT uses dynamic learning, which means that the AI engine automatically learns from the users' translations.

Zabbix

Zabbix was established in 2005 as they introduced their monitoring product to the market. The main product of the company is its monitoring software called Zabbix. It is open-source software, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. The Zabbix software is designed for real-time monitoring of metrics collected from servers, virtual machines and network devices. It detects vulnerabilities of IT infrastructure and keeps it safe.

The following criteria will be evaluated:

• Innovation
• User benefits
• Effectiveness
• Security level
• Usability in a variety of formats
• Profitability of the business model
• Growth potential of the institution
• Reliability and positive effects for the society

• Connection to Germany (as a soft criteria)
• Existing
• Prospective
• Other connection

The reward for the winners (three awarded companies in total) of the Business Award includes a certificate and a paid participation in IT Security Expo in Germany. Furthermore, there will be a main winner of the entire Baltic region. This receives in addition a representative glass trophy and support for the market entry in Germany.

Another advantage is the great media attention, that the winners of the German-Baltic Business Award receive every year. In addition, the winners will be published in the Baltic Business Quarterly (The only business and investment orientated magazine with a special focus on the Baltic region as a whole).

The German Federal Minister of Economics and Energy, Peter Altmaier, will be the patron of the German-Baltic Business Award 2020.

The submitted applications are evaluated by a competent jury, consisting of 6 high-ranking industry representatives from Germany.

• Florian Schröder, CEO, German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce (AHK)
• Hans-Wilhelm Dünn, President of the Cyber Security Council Germany
• Ralf Benzmüller, Executive Speaker G DATA SecurityLabs
• Georg Kaltenbrunner, Chief Risk Officer and Member of the Management Board, Luminor
• Nicolas Konnerth, Head of Voice & Conversation, ERGO Digital Ventures AG
• Andreas Ebert, Head of Know-how and Prototype Protection, Volkswagen AG

The jury will select up to nine finalists to perform during the digital event with a 4-minute pitch. The audience will evaluate the finalists through an online vote, which has a weighting of one jury vote. During the pitches, the jury will again give their rating for the finalists, which will be added to the audience votes.