Denmark’s new labelling program for IT security and responsible use of data

“We expect that the initiative will make it easier for companies – not at least small and medium-sized ones – to ensure high IT and data security and make it easier to document the high level of security to customers and the outside world.”

“Our goal with the seal is to improve safety, create transparency and ensure trust to the individual.”

“The initiative will help companies and at the same time create greater demand for digital responsibility. Trust in data can become an important competitive advantage for Denmark.”

“The cybersecurity and data seal will not only provide better insights towards who is working seriously and focused with it-security and data handling. It will be a lever for the multitude of companies who would like to increase their knowledge about cybersecurity but is lacking necessary guidelines and help to get started and reach their goal.”

“This initiative will promote cyber security as a practical and tangible endeavor no matter the size of a company, starting point or prerequisites.”

“The idea behind this new labelling scheme is to make it easier for consumers to actively choose companies with a responsible behaviour in terms of data ethics. At the same time a label such as this will make it more appealing for companies to up their game in terms of IT-security and responsible data use as it will become a parameter on which companies can market themselves.”