What assessment tool ships with the IKT-Minimalstandard, and what does it produce?

A free Excel-based self-assessment tool (version 1.1-2023) — answer the questions per Massnahme, and the workbook produces a maturity score across all five themes and a radar-chart visualisation.

* Answer each Massnahme and the workbook outputs a maturity score per theme plus a current-vs-target radar chart. *

The tool's output includes:

• Overall maturity rating per Themenbereich (Identifizieren, Schützen, Detektieren, Reagieren, Wiederherstellen).
• A target maturity column for setting goals.
• Implementation status column for each measure.
• Radar-chart "Spinne" comparing current vs. target maturity (5-pointed).

File reference: 2023_IKT-Minimalstandard-Assessment-Tool-1.1-2023_Revision 5_E_D_F_I (XLSX, 8 MB, 02.06.2023).

Tip: Spend the first week of an IKT-Minimalstandard project just filling in the spreadsheet honestly. The radar chart immediately shows where you're weakest, which is your roadmap for the next 12 months.

Go deeper:

• ICT minimum standards — assessment tool (NCSC, official EN) — download the free Excel self-assessment workbook (v1.1-2023) from this page.
• ICT minimum standard (NCSC, official EN — for companies) — context on how operators use the tool to show due diligence.