March 22, 2021

dhpg and TÜV TRUST IT establish joint venture

 

Targeted pooling of skills and expertise to help medium-sized companies attain enhanced cyber security 

Cologne, March 2021. Certified Security Operations Center GmbH is the name of a new joint venture being founded by dhpg IT-Services GmbH (dhpg) and TÜV TRUST IT GmbH Unternehmensgruppe TÜV AUSTRIA (TÜV TRUST IT). The aim and objective of the collaborative venture is to become market leader in the Security Operations Center (SOC) sector through state-of-the-art solutions and a continuous trajectory of further development.

As a core service, the joint venture offers comprehensive monitoring of IT systems for connected customers through the Certified Security Operations Center (CSOC), from which the GmbH derives its name. The Operations Center enables round-the-clock monitoring of IT along with individual evaluation of relevant incidents and the initiation of appropriate countermeasures. A highly specialised team of experts ensures that all connected customers receive the maximum benefits offered by the Operations Center. 

With pioneering services to market leadership 

The Operations Centre was set up at dhpg back in 2018 in response to the increasing relevance of IT system audits, making possible continuous monitoring against hacker attacks for medium-sized customers in particular.

With TÜV TRUST IT and dhpg IT-Services, two partners whose service portfolios fit like a glove are now joining forces to establish a joint venture to serve their joint customers. Markus Müller, Managing Director of dhpg IT-Services, comments on the objectives of the collaborative venture as follows: "We want to establish ourselves in the market as a Certified Security Operations Center GmbH with sophisticated state-of-the-art solutions. As an independent provider of information security, TÜV TRUST IT is the ideal partner for us, complementing our expertise in handling confidential and sensitive data.

The Operations Center's customers come from all sectors and in all sizes, with the current focus being on small and medium-sized enterprises. The portfolio of services is constantly being refined and expanded in line with market requirements; for example, additional services are currently being developed in the area of industrial (OT) security. "We attach great importance to the constant expansion of our range of services and a development trajectory that is geared to customer needs. The exchange of know-how and experience between us and dhpg is an important factor and serves as the cornerstone in our successful collaboration to the benefit of our customers. The aim is clear: we want to constantly adapt to any and all changes and align the services offered by the Operations Center with current requirements, so that in the future we will be the standard and benchmark for German security operations centers," says Detlev Henze, Managing Director of TÜV TRUST IT.

The central service point of Certified Security Operations Center GmbH is a sophisticated new location in Bornheim, in the Rhineland, where the joint venture partners dhpg IT-Services and TÜV TRUST IT GmbH Unternehmensgruppe TÜV AUSTRIA are already working on various additions to their service portfolio.


dhpg and dhpg's IT Services
dhpg is one of Germany's leading medium-sized auditing and consulting companies, specialising in the core areas of auditing, tax consulting, legal advice as well as insolvency administration and restructuring advice and consulting. With more than 600 employees at eleven locations, the owner-managed company is one of the 15 largest in its sector. dhpg IT-Services is dhpg's IT division. It has been advising medium-sized companies on issues ranging from IT audits and IT-supported analyses, certifications, IT and cyber security all the way to data protection since 2011. 

TÜV TRUST IT GmbH TÜV AUSTRIA Group of Companies
From its offices in Cologne and Vienna, TÜV AUSTRIA's 100%-owned subsidiary TÜV TRUST IT is your independent partner for consulting and certification services relating to all aspects of information security and data protection. Our mission is to support companies in protecting their information assets and to offer our customers the utmost quality in services, performed by experienced experts and auditors. TÜV TRUST IT's expertise has been confirmed by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) by certifying it as an IT security service provider for the areas of IS auditing, IS consulting and the execution of penetration tests.

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