Philipp Schneidenbach

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• Independence from the cloud, M365 and co. - how to take the right steps now

  Dissolved governments, presidential elections, military conflicts. Somehow the world seems to be falling apart at the seams - even though it was already complicated five years ago, when the coronavirus crisis and the abolition of the EU-US Privacy Shield had just turned the world upside down. Almost everyone suddenly had to be able to work flexibly and remotely, while the legal basis for using US cloud providers and solutions collapsed before our eyes. What did the professionals do right - and what can we all learn for our own resilience?

  Cloud•Philipp Schneidenbach•24 Apr 2025•13 minutes

  

• IT resilience thanks to EU DORA and NIS2 - concept, context and history

  Resilience was once a topic of supply chain management, sometimes IT and otherwise more commonly found in medicine. With the final penetration of the internet and smart devices, which have become an integral part of our lives, the cards are being reshuffled - also on the regulatory side.

  IT-Security & Cyber Security•Philipp Schneidenbach•13 Jun 2024•13 minutes

  

• EU Data Act explained - GDPR 2.0, even more effort or false alarm?

  The EU Data Act follows the EU GDPR, which came into force in 2018 and ushered in a new era of data protection law. However, what previously only applied to personal data is now being applied to all types of usage data in IoT and digital products - because only what has been contractually agreed may be processed. On this basis, users are also granted far-reaching rights to the usage data in smart home appliances, for example.

  Regulations & Laws•Philipp Schneidenbach•9 Apr 2024•10 minutes

  

• PenTesting meets EAM - nightmare for hackers, rescue for IT

  Every week, companies are hacked and found to have inadequate IT security. How can the strategic combination of EAM and PenTesting help?

  IT-Security & Cyber Security•Philipp Schneidenbach•9 Apr 2024•7 minutes

  

• Enterprise risk management - risks in business, made easy to understand

  Business without risks - everything under control - and know in good time if something goes wrong. The best thing to do is to have the right decisions ready and take countermeasures. Just a dream? Is it even possible without risks? Or do risks perhaps even have a positive side that we pay far too little attention to? Let's take an easy-to-understand look at the topic of enterprise risk management together.

  Strategy / Vision•Philipp Schneidenbach•7 Nov 2023•9 minutes

  

• Service Level Agreements - SLAs Explained: Controlling and Measuring Good Service

  SLA as a term, everyone has probably heard it before. Often one has the impression that this is exclusively about documents with the same cryptic depth as general terms and conditions or data protection declarations. But SLAs are the part of every service that should really be understood.

  Customer Service•Philipp Schneidenbach•31 Aug 2023•12 minutes

  

• Software Supply Chain: Risky Digital Ingredients

  Software supply chain is the new topic for all manufacturing companies - and will soon affect more and more companies. Because all of a sudden, authorities, certifiers and customers want to know everything about what's in digital products. How did this come about, what is it about in detail, and what should be kept in mind?

  Regulations & Laws•Philipp Schneidenbach•18 Apr 2023•9 minutes

  

• More reach and customers through digital platforms

  Many of us are too young for the oil crisis of the 70s, but I lived through the DotCom bubble and the economic crisis of 2008. Looking back today at the events of that time, we now have some tools and opportunities for generating reach and new customer business that we would have given anything for back then.

  Sales / After Sales•Philipp Schneidenbach•24 Jun 2022•7 minutes

  

• Sourcing readiness: revival of a millennium theme

  It is still all about the best solution, the best provider and sharply calculated prices. Where 15 years ago standardization projects decided on future viability and cost-based benchmarking decided on contract extensions, today solution providers and interested customers from midsize companies, corporations and small businesses are driving each other forward through regulatory complexity. How were sourcing projects successful in 2005, what has become obsolete, what is still valid today and what needs to be done now?

  Procurement•Philipp Schneidenbach•7 Apr 2022•8 minutes

  

• Software update: Replace Windows 8 now - easy and without drama

  Software update and Windows replacement without stress - can only professionals do that, supported by numerous consultants? We show the three sections of successful experts from IT, EAM and process management and explain how you can ensure a stress-free time for the changeover with little effort in good time.

  IT•Philipp Schneidenbach•18 Jan 2022•6 minutes

  

• GAIA-X: Digital Reality Context of the EU Cloud Project

  GAIA-X is a new attempt by European companies to create an independent, secure cloud - and thus a platform that combines independence and data protection with the leading-edge approaches of hyperscalers from America and Asia. Is this realistic in the context of many failed projects such as Deutschland Cloud, Digitaler Personalausweis and endless digitization projects in public administration? What can IT experts and business expect?

  Cloud•Philipp Schneidenbach•14 Apr 2021•8 minutes

  

• Bye bye Privacy Shield - On the Gamechanger Ruling of the ECJ

  Privacy Shield. Over and done with. Suddenly everything is different - and without a grace period. The ECJ's ruling on Schrems II and the EU-US Privacy Shield brings the issue of EU data protection back to the forefront.

  Data protection•Philipp Schneidenbach•14 Apr 2021•6 minutes