Secure Mobile Work for Government and Enterprise

About Materna Virtual Solution

Secure Mobile Work for Government and Enterprise

About Materna Virtual Solution

Materna Virtual Solution, a Materna Group company, is a market-leading software vendor with mobile security expertise based in Munich, Berlin and Dortmund, which specializes in products and consulting services to facilitate secure, ultramobile work scenarios.

In addition to the ongoing development of the SecurePIM application, a security solution based on container technology which enables government agencies to communicate via mobile devices at the classification levels “Verschlusssachen – Nur für den Dienstgebrauch” (VS-NfD – RESTRICTED) and “NATO RESTRICTED”, Materna Virtual Solution also develops applications for new public sector specific platforms such as Apple indigo. The company not only designs and manufactures new applications to facilitate secure ultramobile work situations in the company’s own indigo competence center. Its wide-ranging portfolio also includes executing customer-specific projects and the mobilization of specialized procedures and processes at the VS-NfD level. With the vision of a workplace which is both ultramobile and secure, Materna Virtual Solution utilizes its comprehensive expertise to provide consulting services along the entire value chain – irrespective of which platforms or operating systems are installed on the respective mobile device.

Materna Virtual Solution was founded in 1996 and has around 100 employees. All Materna Virtual Solution products bear the »IT-Security made in Germany« seal of approval provided by the IT Security Association Germany (TeleTrusT).

SecurePIM

Solutions for secure mobile communication on iOS and Android

Behörden-Kunden

Over
100 Government customers

Anwender

Over
330.000 users

Kaufhaus des Bundes

Available at KdB (Kaufhaus des Bundes):
SecurePIM is available for federal and regional governments

Mitarbeiter

Around 100 employees;
over 60 in development divisions

Standorte

Located
in Munich, Berlin and Dortmund

Management

Dr. Christian Schumer, Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Christian Schumer, Chief Executive Officer & Senior Vice President Sales

Dr. Christian Schumer is Senior Vice President Corporate Development and member of the Executive Management Board at Materna. He is responsible for the further development of the corporate strategy and the design of the group portfolio. Since July 2022, he is also responsible for the corporate development of Materna Virtual Solution as Chief Executive Officer.

Dr. Ralph-Peter Rembor, Vice President Sales

Volkan Gümüs, Vice President Project Excellence

Volkan Gümüs has been part of Materna since 2018 and as Head of Competence Center “Mobile Solutions” is responsible for all topics and projects related to app development and smart devices. The Competence Center covers both the “Public Sector” and the “Industry” markets. Since April 2023, Volkan has also taken over the role as Vice President Project Excellence at Materna Virtual Solution and, together with his team, is responsible for the implementation of individual customer requests and the management of large customer projects. Volkan has been a member of the management board since February 2024.

Dr. Dorothea Gowin, Vice President People

Dr. Dorothea Gowin, Vice President People & Culture

The People Department is headed by Dorothea Gowin. A positive company development is actively pursued by HR at Materna Virtual Solution and thus contributes to further growth and economical success. Apart from strategic priorities in personnel and organization development as well as recruiting and personnel marketing, Materna Virtual Solution HR emphasizes innovation, digitalisation and operative excellence in personnel support.

Dorothea has more than 25 years of expertise in all HR functions and has held several Senior HR management and leadership positions in thriving international enterprises and medium-sized businesses with IT focus. As Dorothea has raised her three children alongside her professional career, she lays importance on Materna Virtual Solution being a modern IT company ensuring the reconcilability of family and occupation.

Kai Henrik Tilger, Vice President Finance

Kai Henrik Tilger, Vice President Finance

Kai Henrik Tilger is responsible for the commercial area with the functions of controlling, accounting and back office. Together with his teams, his focus is on sustainable growth and the achievement of the economic goals of Materna Virtual Solution. He has many years of experience in various controlling positions in successful international companies and contributes his expertise in daily operations, as well as in strategic financial planning and the constant further development of commercial processes.

Emily Sidka, Head of Marketing

Emily Sidka, Head of Marketing

Emily Sidka’s key responsibilities include increasing awareness of the SecurePIM mobile solution in Germany as well as on international markets and generating new business for Materna Virtual Solution’s sales force as well as partners.

Emily’s 12 years of marketing experience are based on consulting and marketing solutions that help companies to realize new-work concepts. After working for the job portal Monster and a large personnel marketing agency, Emily most recently headed the B2B & B2C marketing of Jochen Schweizer, a subsidiary of ProSiebenSat.1.

Certificates

VS-NfD Zulassung

Approval by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for “VS-NfD”

Materna Virtual Solution’s SecurePIM Government SDS (Secure Data Synchronization Service) has been approved by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). This approval enables classified data identified as “FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY – VS-NfD” to be processed and transferred with SecurePIM Government SDS. SecurePIM is the only BSI-approved solution for Apple® iOS mobile devices.

NATO RESTRICTED Zulassung

Approval by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for “NATO RESTRICTED”

SecurePIM Government SDS by Materna Virtual Solution has been approved by Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for classified data identified as “NATO RESTRICTED” for iOS devices. SecurePIM Government SDS is the only BSI-approved solution for Apple® iOS mobile devices, that is both approved for “VS-NfD” as well as “NATO RESTRICTED”.

Teletrust Seal IT Security Made in Germany

Security “Made in Germany”

Locally developed, globally active – all security-related Materna Virtual Solution components and respective backend systems are developed exclusively in Germany and proudly bear the trust seal “IT Security made in Germany” issued by Germany’s IT Security Association (TeleTrust-IT-Bundesverbandes IT-Sicherheit). Servers are located in German data centers and adhere to rigorous German privacy policies.

Virtual Solution ist Teil der AppConfig Community

AppConfig Community

Materna Virtual Solution is part of the AppConfig Community and the application SecurePIM complies with AppConfig Standards. The AppConfig Community is a collection of industry leading EMM solution providers and app developers, whose mission is to streamline adoption and deployment of mobile enterprise applications by providing a standard approach to app configuration and management, making it simpler for developers to implement a consistent set of controls so that enterprise IT administrators can easily configure and manage apps according to their business policies and requirements.

Cloud Services Made in Germany

Cloud Services Made in Germany

Cloud Services Made in Germany is an initiative for more legal security and transparency in Cloud Computing. All members have to be headquartered in Germany and offer support in German language. Contracts have to be drafted according to German law and the place of jurisdiction for all legal matters has to be Germany. Materna Virtual Solution not only fulfills these criteria but aims to exceed them. All security-related components and respective backend systems are developed exclusively in Germany. Servers are located in German data centers and adhere to rigorous German privacy policies.

Social Engagement

Initiative Krebskranke Kinder München e.V.

In 2019 we decided, instead of sending out Christmas presents to our partners and suppliers, to donate to the initiative for children with cancer in Munich (Initivative Krebskranke Kinder München e.V.). The initiative supports children with cancer and their relatives. Find more information here.