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cyscon GmbH is an IT consultancy with its main headquarters in Dusseldorf, Germany by Thorsten Kraft and Thomas Wolf. cyscon received widespread renown across Europe in 2010 for its role within the Conficker takedown and is a founding member of Botfrei, the German anti-botnet advisory centre. Since 2013, cyscon has powered the online security audit Check & Secure and is an official partner of the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (abbreviated BSI - in English: Federal Office for Information Security)

Check & Secure
In 2013, cyscon, alongside Vodafone, founded Check & Secure as part as an end-user safety initiative. The test is divided into four parts, a Botnet check, an IP Address check, a Browser and Plugin check and a "Cyber Vaccination", which includes the software of SurfRight's HitmanPro.

Press Coverage
Check & Secure was cited in reputable German magazines such as Stern, Die Welt and as a solution to

STOP.THINK.CONNECT
Early in 2014, Check & Secure announced its partnership with the STOP.THINK.CONNECT program, powered by the National Cyber Security Alliance.