At a time when regulatory requirements such as the NIS 2 Directive (Network and Information Security) are posing massive challenges to companies across all industries, the software company Akarion presents an efficient solution: The Akarion GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) Cloud combines Information Security Management (ISMS), Data Protection Management (DSMS), Business Continuity Management (BCM), Audit, and Whistleblowing on a single data platform.

NIS 2 as a Catalyst for Professional Risk Management

With the entry into force of stricter security requirements under the EU-wide NIS 2 Directive, the topic of cyber resilience is finally coming into sharp focus for management. Affected sectors—from energy providers and healthcare to manufacturing and retail—must now demonstrably implement robust protective measures. Akarion aims to help companies view these requirements not as a bureaucratic burden, but as an opportunity for operational excellence. The GRC Cloud digitizes manual processes and replaces confusing Excel spreadsheets with automated workflows. Customers such as Sana Kliniken, Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, ZEIT Online, and Bechtle benefit from a unique combination of generative AI (Smart Content AI), state-of-the-art usability, multilingual and multi-tenant capabilities, templates, workflows, and a unified database.

Modern & Digitally Sovereign GRC Management

As a pioneer, Akarion relies on STACKIT, the Schwarz Group’s sovereign cloud infrastructure: 100 percent developed, operated, and hosted in Germany and a guarantee of the highest level of digital sovereignty. According to Akarion, the GRC Cloud is the most innovative integrated management system, enabling a central database instead of isolated siloed solutions for data protection, information security, and business continuity management. The following specific benefits are highlighted:

  • Maximum synergy effects: Assets, business processes, or technical and organizational measures (TOM) entered once are available to all modules—ISMS, DSMS, BCM, and Audit.
  • Smart Content AI: The integrated AI support reduces the initial setup effort and helps teams create complex documentation faster and more accurately. Generative AI creates structure suggestions for policies, risk scenarios, and measures at the click of a button.
  • Multi-tenancy & inheritance: Especially for corporate groups and complex organizational structures, Akarion offers the ability to efficiently distribute best practices and templates “top-down” while still allowing for local customization.
  • Automated Workflows: The system delegates tasks for effectiveness testing or determining recovery times directly to asset managers and proactively alerts responsible parties in case of non-compliance.
  • Holistic Compliance: Additional modules such as the Audit or Whistleblowing module complete the holistic compliance approach of an integrated management system
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    From SMEs to heterogeneous corporations

    The Akarion GRC Cloud was developed to help companies of all sizes—from SMEs to heterogeneous corporations—implement complex regulatory requirements (including NIS-2, ISO 27001, GDPR, BSI IT-Grundschutz, ISO 22301, and DORA) efficiently, securely, and in an audit-ready manner. According to the company, more than 900 organizations across all industries, including KRITIS and NIS-2 sectors, already rely on Akarion.

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