When the digital world is out of order (en)

Stephan Kasulke According to IDC, by 2020 there will be 30 billion
devices within the 'Internet of Things' communicating with one
another. As such, digital transformation will involve major
challenges – both for IT and for those who provide it. Only when IT
is completely reliable, networking and digitalization of products
and processes can unlock new potential for the economy, for
businesses and for people. To put it bluntly, without the highest
standards in quality and security, further digitisation of our
economy will pose a sizeable risk because many processes are
already dependent on IT today. What standards need to be defined in
refer to IT quality and security - and furthermore for our
digitizing economy? What risks do we need to consider in regards to
already existing IT dependencies? With the "Zero Outage" initiative
we would like to give you an example for an industry standard which
was designed to prevent future outages by sharing industry best
practices in how to improve stability and security. What happened
so far and how do we proceed? What criteria need to be defined to
create a joint standard and thus maximise reliability and stability
not only across the entire ICT industry – but for all industries.
The human factor in particular will become increasingly important
in the future. That’s why we would like to talk to you and think
out loud.