Federal Office for Information Security

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Federal Office for Information Security

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik
Agency overview
Formed	1991
Superseding agency	Federal Ministry of the Interior
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Bonn
Employees	>1,700 [1]
Minister responsible	Nancy Faeser, Minister of the Interior
Agency executive	Claudia Plattner, President
Website	www.bsi.bund.de

The Federal Office for Information Security (German: Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, abbreviated as BSI) is the German upper-level federal agency in charge of managing computer and communication security for the German government. Its areas of expertise and responsibility include the security of computer applications, critical infrastructure protection, Internet security, cryptography, counter eavesdropping, certification of security products and the accreditation of security test laboratories. It is located in Bonn and as of 2024 has about 1,700 employees. Its current president, since 1 July 2023, is former business executive Claudia Plattner, who took over the presidency from Arne Schönbohm.

BSI's predecessor was the cryptographic department of Germany's foreign intelligence agency (BND). BSI still designs cryptographic algorithms such as the Libelle cipher and initiated the development of the Gpg4win cryptographic suite.