Press releases

The Supervisory Board of Bundesdruckerei Gruppe GmbH has appointed a new Management Board in an extraordinary meeting. Effective 1 January 2026, the current and long-standing Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Christian Helfrich (58) will become the new CEO of the Federal Government’s technology group. 

Since its introduction in 2010, it has been regarded as one of the most secure government-issued documents in the world: the German ID card with its integrated online ID function (eID). To ensure it remains secure in the future, new ID cards must be protected against attacks by quantum computers – this applies to the hardware and software of all ID cards issued in the coming years.

Bundesdruckerei and the start-ups neQxt and JoS QUANTUM are working together to strengthen digital sovereignty. Together, they are conducting research in the field of cyber forensics to combat future cyber threats.

Joint offering fulfils requirements of authorities and companies for a modern infrastructure, digital sovereignty and national security interests.

Bundesdruckerei GmbH showcased its concept for the banknote of the future at the Banknote Conference in Fort Worth, USA.

Strategic cooperation creates integrated solution for network connections at public authorities and in critical infrastructures.

Rendezvous-based solution enables secure, browser-based remote maintenance and machine and plant manufacturers receive even more flexibility.

IT security provider genua meets high industry demand for OPC-UA-native encryption with cyber-diode 2.5 and additional optimizations reduce data load and total-cost of ownership.

Company of The Bundesdruckerei Group supplies secure remote maintenance solution and industrial customers receive a comprehensive range of solutions “Made in Germany”.

Bundesdruckerei Group, CompuGroup Medical Germany and Fraunhofer AISEC draft Comprehensive Architecture Proposal. TI 2.0 to Become Considerably More User-Centric, Mobile and Robust with Zero Trust Security Architecture.

Dr Kai Beckmann is the new Chair of the Supervisory Board of Bundesdruckerei Gruppe GmbH and Bundesdruckerei GmbH.

The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has approved the high-speed gateway genuscreen 40G VPN for processing classified information.