CM Security has received the first VdS certification for a wireless system in accordance with the current highest security requirements in the field of burglar and assault alarm systems. Cologne, September 2026. The accreditation process focused on demonstrating...
Society & Politics
The Secure Smart City: Germany’s Digital Push Highlights Europe’s Next Resilience Challenge
Germany’s Smart City Index 2026 shows how quickly urban digitalisation is moving from individual projects towards interconnected infrastructure. Stuttgart has overtaken Munich at the top of the ranking, while the overall level of digital maturity among German cities...
VdS approves KRUSE emergency key depot with one-time access codes
Based on the original article by Martin Weber, data centre consultant at Prior1 KRUSE Sicherheitssysteme has received VdS approval for an emergency key depot that replaces the separate mechanical access key with a digitally generated one-time code. The system is...
Data centres face fewer reporting obligations – but technical compliance is becoming more demanding
The European Union has reduced the number of companies directly subject to mandatory sustainability reporting. For data-centre operators, however, this is no regulatory all-clear. EU Taxonomy criteria, energy-efficiency rules and facility-level disclosure requirements...
AI and Panoramic Cameras Automate Bird Protection at Wind Farms
Wind turbines must generate electricity as efficiently as possible while also meeting increasingly demanding environmental and species-protection requirements. Fleximaus has developed the FlexiBird solution together with Axis Communications to address this challenge....
Vehicle-Mounted Spectroscopy System Detects Methane Leaks in Real Time
Researchers at East China Normal University have developed a vehicle-mounted spectroscopy platform capable of detecting and geolocating methane emissions while driving. The system is designed to combine laboratory-level measurement precision with mobile operation and...
Comment: Berlin needs modern policing — but not a digital blank cheque
The German Police Union in Berlin, the DPolG, is right on one fundamental point: a police force expected to confront organised crime, terrorism, cybercrime and increasingly mobile criminal networks cannot be forced to rely on the technological capabilities of a...
Closing the Reporting Gap: German Security Network Proposes Nationwide Drone Alert Channel
Germany is expanding its counter-UAS capabilities in response to a growing number of suspicious drone incidents around airports, military sites and critical infrastructure. Yet the debate has so far concentrated largely on detection technology, operational...
Bavaria’s 2026 cyber report: authorities and critical infrastructure face growing pressure
Bavaria’s latest cybersecurity assessment points to a threat landscape that is becoming both more complex and more politically charged. Alongside businesses, public authorities and critical infrastructure operators are increasingly being targeted by professional...
Bavaria’s police expansion offers a lesson in long-term security management
Bavaria is adding hundreds of officers at a time when many European police forces are struggling with retirements, recruitment gaps and a widening catalogue of threats. The more interesting story, however, is not the size of the intake but the way the Free State is...
