fme AG conducts TISAX® assessment for information security in the automotive industry

Brunswick - July 23, 2020 : The IT service provider fme AG conducted a TISAX® assessment in July 2020 and thus joins the high standard for information security defined by the automotive industry. fme and its automotive clients now benefit from the advantages that the assessments brings: an industry-wide, common denominator with regard to IT security as well as an industry-wide uniform level of information security. In addition, it leads to even greater trust among each other and to the avoidance of multiple audits.

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TISAX® stands for »Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange« and is a joint exchange and testing procedure between automobile manufacturers and suppliers as well as service providers who work with confidential or secret information. Instead of time-consuming and cost-intensive audits, which each manufacturer carried out individually with its suppliers, TISAX® has taken the place and thus a single, uniform and independent assessment. TISAX® is based on the international standard for information security ISO 27000 and the Information Security Assessment (ISA) developed by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). It defines a common denominator in the automotive industry for the first time. The result is exclusively retrievable over the > ENX portal. (Participant ID: PV7ML9; Scope ID: SV5ZC9; Assessment ID: AX5911-1; TISAX® and TISAX® results are not intended for general public.)

»We did not have to reinvent the wheel in terms of information security at fme, since the requirements regarding criticality and importance of information and how to handle it have long been part of our normal understanding. The TISAX® assessment was important for us to obtain an additional, independent opinion,« explains Cornelius Näveke, Director Information Management and CISO at fme AG.

Dirk Bode, CEO of fme AG adds: »We did not see the assessment as an examination, but rather as an independent consultation that shows us what we can do even better in terms of IT security if necessary. We are very pleased about the advantages this brings for our clients and for us«.

fme AG has proven that it meets the requirements for required safety levels, which means that extensive audits by individual automobile manufacturers are no longer necessary. Consequently, it is possible to work with fme as an IT service provider much faster: The auditing of information security, which was time-consuming in the past, has now already been clarified in advance. »In short: TISAX® means more security and less effort. So together with our clients we can start immediately with what we do best: Leading projects to success,« says Bode.

TISAX® is a registered trademark and governed by ENX Association. For more information visit: > https://enx.com/tisax

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