{{Short description|German information security and networking company}} {{Infobox company | name = secunet Security Networks AG | logo = | logo_size = | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | type = Public | traded_as = {{FWB|YSN}}<br />SDAX component | ISIN = DE0007276503 | industry = {{ubl|Information security|Networking hardware}} | founded = {{Start date and age|1997}} in Essen, Germany | founders = | hq_location_city = Essen | hq_location_country = Germany | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = {{Plainlist| * Axel Deininger <br />(CEO & Chairman) }} | products = SINA | revenue = {{Increase}} €337.6 million (2021) | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = {{circa|1,000}} (2022) | subsid = | website = {{URL|https://www.secunet.com/|secunet.com}} | footnotes = Financials {{as of|2022|3|30|lc=y|df=DE}}.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2022 |title=secunet Security Networks AG. 2021 Annual Report |url=https://www.secunet.com/fileadmin/user_upload/02_Downloads/IR/Publications/2021/secunet-gb-2021-en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026155711/https://www.secunet.com/fileadmin/user_upload/02_Downloads/IR/Publications/2021/secunet-gb-2021-en.pdf |archive-date=2021-10-26 |publisher=secunet Security Networks AG}}</ref> }}
'''secunet Security Networks AG''' commonly known as ''Secunet'', is a German information security corporation headquartered in Essen. Secunet develops, manufactures and sells information security hardware and secure telecommunications equipment. It is the producer and vendor of Germany's SINA infrastructure that forms the basis for Germany's secure IT networks. Secunet is Germany's biggest information security company and provides services for the public administration and private enterprises in the country. The company listed publicly in the SDAX.
Secunet was founded in 1997, as a spin-off of the IT division of the former TÜV Mitte AG.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deutsche Telekom soll Auslandsmärkte öffnen: Secunet will Expansion in Europa in Angriff nehmen |url=https://www.computerwoche.de/a/secunet-will-expansion-in-europa-in-angriff-nehmen,1074088 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.computerwoche.de |language=de}}</ref> Since 2009, Giesecke+Devrient has been the majority shareholder.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gi-de.com/en/group/company/history |title=From banknote printers to international industrial group |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Giesecke+Devrient}}</ref> In 2022, Secunet generated a revenue of 347 million euros and had more than 1,000 employees, thus making it the leading IT security partner of the Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=secunet Security Networks AG publishes Annual Report 2022: Financial year 2022 closed with record sales revenue, forecast for 2023 predicts further growth |url=https://www.secunet.com/en/about-us/press/article/secunet-security-networks-ag-veroeffentlicht-geschaeftsbericht-2022-geschaeftsjahr-2022-mit-rekordumsatz-abgeschlossen-prognose-fuer-2023-sieht-weiteres-wachstum-vor |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=www.secunet.com}}</ref> Within Germany Secunet has seats in Berlin, Bonn, Borchen, Dresden, Eschborn, Hamburg, Munich and Siegen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=YSNG.DE - Secunet Security Networks AG {{!}} Stock Price & Latest News |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/companies/YSNG.DE/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
== Products and services == With its products and services, Secunet primarily focuses on clients in the public administration and ministries, the healthcare sector, the defense and space sector as well as specifically security and police agencies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IT Security for Industry {{!}} secunet AG |url=https://www.secunet.com/en/industry# |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.secunet.com}}</ref>
=== Secure Networking === One of Secunet's premier products is the ''SINA'' (''Secure Inter-Network Architecture'') product line which was co-developed with Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).<ref>{{Cite web |last=publisher |title=SINA over time |url=https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Themen/Oeffentliche-Verwaltung/Zulassung/SINA/Historie/historie.html?nn=132646 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Federal Office for Information Security |language=en}}</ref> The SINA architecture forms the basis for Germany's classified information networks and is used in a broad range of public institutions in Germany and abroad. The architecture is accredited to the NATO and EU SECRET classifications and includes network encryptors and workstations as well as communication devices, such as encrypted phones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NIAPC - SINA |url=https://www.ia.nato.int/Search/SINA |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=NATO Communication and Informations Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=secunet to deliver cyber security solution to EEAS |url=https://www.secunet.com/en/about-us/press/article/secunet-liefert-cybersicherheitsloesung-fuer-den-europaeischen-auswaertigen-dienst0 |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.secunet.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ein Hauch von James Bond: Wenn beim Kanzler das rote Telefon klingelt |url=https://www.bild.de/politik/inland/politik-inland/ein-hauch-von-james-bond-wenn-beim-kanzler-das-rote-telefon-klingelt-81327700.bild.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=bild.de |language=de}}</ref>
=== Border Control === Secunet is the producer of ''EasyPASS'', an automated border control system used at airports and border check points in Germany and a number of EU countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=online |first=heise |title=Secunet installiert Easygate-Grenzkontrollgeräte an Schengen-Außengrenze |url=https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Secunet-installiert-Easygate-Grenzkontrollgeraete-an-Schengen-Aussengrenze-4710417.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=heise online |language=de}}</ref>
=== Healthcare === Germany's electronic healthcare infrastructure is partially based on Secunet products.<ref>{{Cite web |last=online |first=heise |title=Überhastete Digitalisierung gefährdet das Gesundheitssystem |url=https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Ueberhastete-Digitalisierung-gefaehrdet-das-Gesundheitssystem-6278428.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=c't Magazin |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=E-Health Konnektor - mehr als ein Router {{!}} secunet AG |url=https://www.secunet.com/loesungen/secunet-konnektor |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=www.secunet.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=online |first=heise |title=Wer für Fehler bei der Anbindung von Arztpraxen haftet |url=https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Wer-fuer-Fehler-bei-der-Anbindung-von-Arztpraxen-haftet-7096433.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=c't Magazin |language=de}}</ref>
== External links ==
* [https://www.secunet.com/en secunet Security Solutions]
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