KISTERS partners with Utimaco to elevate municipal risk management solutions.

PRESS RELEASE. Aachen, Germany – September 24, 2024

KISTERS announces strategic partnership with Utimaco, a global leader in cybersecurity and critical event management solutions, to enhance its environmental risk management systems. This collaboration integrates KISTERS’ advanced flow and flood forecasting solutions with Utimaco’s critical event management tools, offering municipalities and cities a comprehensive approach to managing natural threats. The partnership goes beyond simply issuing warnings by providing the tools needed for effective emergency response, reinforcing public safety, and operational efficiency while building on KISTERS’ existing capabilities.

KISTERS has announced a strategic partnership with Utimaco, a global leader in cybersecurity and critical event management solutions. This collaboration extends KISTERS’ reach by integrating its advanced flow and flood forecasting solutions with Utimaco’s critical event management tools, offering municipalities and cities a comprehensive solution that goes beyond simply receiving warnings.

Utimaco, headquartered in Aachen, Germany, and Campbell, CA, USA, is a global provider of high-security products and services. With over 500 employees across 10 locations worldwide, Utimaco offers solutions for data protection, key management, and critical infrastructure security. Their technologies are critical in safeguarding data across various sectors, including cloud services, IoT, and financial services.

The partnership with Utimaco enhances KISTERS’ environmental data management systems by integrating their forecasting capabilities with Utimaco’s critical event management tools. This integration provides not only accurate warnings but also the ability to coordinate effective response measures to protect assets and save lives.

Key features of the enhanced solution include secure collection and analysis of weather, water level, and flow data tailored to specific local risks; integration of short-term forecasts and automated threat detection with Utimaco’s event management capabilities to facilitate proactive responses; and secure, multi-channel communication for issuing location-based warnings and managing emergency responders’ actions.

This partnership underscores KISTERS’ commitment to advancing its solutions by incorporating Utimaco’s critical event management functionality. While KISTERS has long been a leader in data management, forecasting, and threat detection, this collaboration fills the gap in alerting and response management. The result is a comprehensive system that not only informs municipalities and cities of imminent dangers but also guides them through the necessary steps to mitigate risks.

For KISTERS’ customers, this partnership means access to an enhanced toolset that moves beyond simply receiving warnings. The combined KISTERS-Utimaco solution empowers customers with both the critical information needed to identify threats and the management tools to act swiftly and efficiently. By seamlessly dispatching emergency responders and managing their actions, municipalities and cities can better protect assets, lives, and livelihoods.

Stefan Zeichner, Senior Vice President at Utimaco TS GmbH, states: “With increasing dangers from flooding and heatwaves, the integration of data analysis and warning systems is only logical to quickly alert to impending threats and initiate actions that can prevent or at least reduce damage. Partnering with KISTERS, a leader in environmental data management, is particularly exciting for us because their expertise and established solutions perfectly complement our critical event management tools. This collaboration allows us to deliver a comprehensive and secure risk management solution that enhances public safety and operational efficiency on a broader scale.”

About KISTERS.

KISTERS is a leading provider of environmental data management solutions, dedicated to delivering precise and reliable information for water management and environmental monitoring. By integrating advanced flow and flood forecasting capabilities with UTIMACO’s event management solutions, KISTERS provides a comprehensive approach to risk management and emergency response.

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