The past decade has seen an increasing interest in IT outsourcing as it promises companies many economic benefits. In recent years, IT paradigms, such as Software-as-a-Service or Cloud Computing using third-party services, are increasingly adopted. Current studies show that IT security and data...

The increasing costs and frequency of security incidents require organizations to apply proper IT risk management. At the same time, the expanding usage of Service-oriented Architectures fosters software systems composed of cross-linked services. Therefore, it is important to develop risk...

The goal of the German Software Industry Survey is to investigate the current state of the German software industry on a yearly basis. Conclusions are made based on grounded data and empirical findings. We hope that this type of research will contribute to the work of both, practitioners and...