In 2012, the company founded TÜV SÜD SEC-IT – through the acquisition of Acertigo AG – to expand its already successful services related to e-commerce, data protection and penetration testing.

“Data security will be one of the key sectors of our company’s growth over the coming years,” emphasized Prof. Dr. Stepken in a statement during TÜVSÜD’s 2012 annual press conference.

In addition, TÜV SÜD started setting up focused on the development of new solutions to support the company in the 4th technological revolution.