What time savings has Bechtle achieved?

50% time savings through the shared data foundation and automated reports. Consulting efficiency has doubled.

Success Story

Data Protection and ISMS in Perfect Harmony

Q: How does Bechtle connect data protection and ISMS?

Bechtle uses the Akarion GRC Cloud to manage data protection, information security, and eLearning on a central platform with a shared data foundation.

Q: Which modules does Bechtle use?

Data Protection, Information Security, and eLearning.

How Europe's largest IT system house unified data protection and ISMS on one platform.

50%

Time savings

Efficiency

The Customer

With over 15,000 employees at around 100 locations, Bechtle is one of the largest IT system houses in Europe. The company advises clients from the mid-market, corporations, and the public sector in areas including data protection and information security. Consulting activities cover the complete journey from initial assessment to ongoing support and are delivered by specialized teams at multiple locations, including Bechtle Rheinland and Bechtle Munich.

The Challenge: Two disciplines, separate tools

Bechtle's consulting teams simultaneously support clients in data protection and information security. Both disciplines overlap significantly: processing activities, risk analyses, and technical measures often concern the same systems and processes. In practice, however, the two areas worked with different tools and documentation. This led to duplicate data entry, inconsistent reports, and considerable coordination effort between consultants. At the same time, consulting activities were to be further digitized and standardized to set up consulting projects faster and execute them more efficiently.

The Solution: Three modules on one central platform

Bechtle uses the Data Protection, Information Security, and eLearning modules of the Akarion GRC Cloud:

Interlinking data protection and ISMS: Processing activities, risks, and measures are maintained in a shared data foundation. What is captured once is available to both disciplines.
Templates and multi-tenant system: Industry-specific templates and the tenant feature allow consulting projects to be quickly set up and rolled out across different client structures.
Configurable work environment: Each consultant gets an intuitive workspace tailored to their projects, with customizable reports and web forms.
Integrated eLearning: Training on data protection and information security is delivered directly via the platform, without additional tools.

The Result: Higher consulting quality with half the effort

The use of the Akarion GRC Cloud has measurably transformed consulting work at Bechtle:

50% time savings: Thanks to the shared data foundation and automated reports, documentation effort has been cut in half.
Double the efficiency: Consultants handle more projects in the same period because data protection and ISMS no longer need to be maintained separately.
Standardization: Consulting processes are uniformly structured across all locations, ensuring quality and accelerating onboarding of new consultants.
Synergies for clients: Bechtle clients receive a combined management solution for data protection, information security, and eLearning from a single source.

Frank Peter

Head of Data Protection and Data Security

With the Akarion Compliance Cloud, our consultants can effectively interlink data protection and information security and optimally meet the requirements of our clients. At the same time, we have become significantly more efficient. A win-win situation for everyone involved.