Germany's critical networks are coming under increasing pressure: while attacks on energy and transport networks are rising, significant vulnerabilities are becoming apparent in local emergency care. In every third special building such as hospitals or schools, emergency power systems do not function reliably in an emergency. The T\u00dcV Association is therefore calling for targeted investment from the federal government and operators to fundamentally strengthen resilience against failure.<\/p>\n
The key points:<\/strong><\/p>\n Whether power supply, traffic IT or mobile communications: sabotage attempts and targeted disruptions are long since no longer a theoretical threat. The T\u00dcV Association warns that these incidents are becoming a permanent stress test. Joachim B\u00fchler, managing director of the association, sees an urgent need for action: mere early detection is no longer sufficient. Rather, resilience is decisive \u2013 critical systems must continue to run in an emergency or be able to restart without long delays following a failure.<\/p>\n How vulnerable many facilities are in everyday life is demonstrated by the current \u201eT\u00dcV Construction Law Report 2026\u201c. In sensitive buildings such as hospitals, schools and shopping centres of all places, inspectors found significant defects in 35 percent of emergency power systems \u2013 a clear increase compared to 2022. The causes are mostly avoidable, yet have serious consequences: discharged starter batteries, expired fuel or generators that simply fail to start. To counteract this, the association proposes allocating federal funds from the special assets specifically for modern emergency power concepts. At the same\u6d66 time, private operators would need to invest noticeably more of their own capital in maintenance.<\/p>\n Alongside physical defects, the digital threat situation is worsening. According to the latest T\u00dcV Cybersecurity Study, almost one in six companies (15 per cent) was the target of cyberattacks last year, often instigated by professional, sometimes state-sponsored groups. According to B\u00fchler, the real risk lies in the interplay between both areas: if digital systems control physical components of building or transport technology, an IT collapse leads directly to the standstill of the entire facility. IT security and physical asset protection can therefore no longer be organised separately from one another in future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Deutschlands kritische Netze geraten zunehmend unter Druck: W\u00e4hrend Angriffe auf Energie- und Verkehrsnetze zunehmen, zeigen sich erhebliche Schwachstellen bei der Notfallversorgung vor Ort. In jedem dritten Sonderbau wie Kliniken oder Schulen funktionieren die Notstromsysteme im Ernstfall nicht zuverl\u00e4ssig. Der T\u00dcV-Verband fordert deshalb von Bund und Betreibern gezielte Investitionen, um die Ausfallsicherheit grundlegend zu st\u00e4rken. Die […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"referenzkategorie":[],"class_list":["post-26598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supply-chain-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
T\u00dcV demands a change of course in the protection of critical infrastructure<\/h2>\n
Every third emergency power system in hospitals and schools is defective<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Connected technology: When IT failures paralyse real systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n