IT service provider adesso is strengthening its commitment to the insurance industry: Since 1 May 2026, the company has been a focus partner in the V.E.R.S. Leipzig AI network. In this role, adesso brings its combined expertise – drawn from in-depth industry knowledge, proven AI expertise, broad technological competence and years of implementation experience – to the exchange centred on the focus area of Sales, Marketing & Service.

Leading German IT service provider adesso is expanding its existing partnership with OneTrust, the leading ‘AI-Ready Governance Platform’TM. Up until now, the cooperation between the two companies has focused on consent management. Moving forward, the collaboration is expanding its scope to include the implementation and integration of OneTrust’s capabilities in privacy, data governance, AI governance, and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC).

The cyber threat landscape is escalating at an unprecedented rate: according to the latest status report from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), an average of 119 new vulnerabilities in IT systems were recently identified worldwide every day – a 24 % increase compared to the previous year. AI-supported attack methods further shorten the time between a vulnerability being discovered and its exploitation. For businesses, this means the question is not whether an incident will occur, but when – and, whether they will still be able to act.

German companies often consider themselves digitally sovereign, but in most cases they are not. This misperception is particularly evident among companies in the manufacturing and business services sectors. However, there is certainly a willingness to invest more in their own independence, and this varies greatly depending on the sector. Whilst construction firms would, on average, accept a premium of up to 26 per cent for such solutions, the figure for financial services providers is just 8 per cent. By contrast, sectors with the greatest need to catch up rank only mid-table.