Data and IT Security – Our Commitments
The security of the data you entrust to our firm is of paramount concern for all of us at Meissner Bolte. Ensuring the integrity of our IT system as well as the internal and business information which we store is, however, an ever-evolving challenge. As all businesses connected to the internet face the possibility of a cyberattack, we aim to meet these issues head-on. We take our responsibilities to you very seriously and are continually updating and tailoring our IT security and data-handling processes to anticipate and meet each potential new threat thereby ensuring that we are already secured against the next attempted hack.
Prepared and Ahead of the Game:
There are many possible points of vulnerability in an IT system, and our policies ensure that each one is as secure as we can make it:
- We perform biannual security checks via external partners who stress our IT system to locate, assess and fix any points of weakness across the whole of our network
- We employ “sand-boxing” to all of our emails and attachments: screening emails and opening attachments in a separate and secure environment. Suspicious emails and attachments are individually reviewed by our IT administrators before being either deleted, quarantined or allowed to pass
- We have regular, external training of all personnel regarding IT and data security. This professional training confers on all members of staff the required knowledge and awareness of their legal obligations on data processing and security, it also ensures that they are constantly reminded to stay vigilant about possible cyber-attacks.
Cyber Security rating:
The latest external checks performed on our system at the end of December 2025, by our external partners: PingCastle (https://www.pingcastle.com/) attest to Meissner Bolte having a resilient IT network; rest assured, we shall be regularly testing and improving our system to maintain this security level.
Staying Secure with Meissner Bolte:
Please remain vigilant with all internet communication and, if in doubt, contact us directly if you see any suspicious email traffic which appears to be originating from us. If you receive any emails or communication giving the impression of coming from Meissner Bolte relating to any of the following topics, we ask you to ignore it and contact us immediately. In particular:
- Do not accept any request to change our banking data – our German entity uses only German bank accounts; our UK entity uses only UK bank accounts
- Do not follow links that point to anywhere outside the Meissner Bolte Domain (www.meissnerbolte.com, www.meissnerbolte.de, meissnerbolte.co.uk or www.mb.de); please carefully check to where a link points by hovering/moving the cursor over the respective link prior to clicking on it
- Please note that our email domains remain the same: @mb.de, @augsburg.mb.de, @meissnerbolte.de and @meissnerbolte.co.uk
- Do not open password encrypted files that have passed your firewall without proper scanning; for secure communication, please use our S/MIME certificate and/or public PGP key which can be downloaded from https://globaltrustpoint.com.
- Do not accept or respond to emails that do not stem from our known domains; again, please hover over the address to see the true email address that may be hidden behind the displayed address
Any changes to our normal communication channels and practices will be communicated to you directly and in a manner which ensures that you are certain that it originated from us!
