Our Goal
The “AUDITOR” research project is aimed at designing, implementing in an exemplary way, and testing an EU-wide data protection certification of cloud services for long-term application.
Data Protection
Cloud service providers can use the AUDITOR certificate to prove compliance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Europe-wide Recognition
The AUDITOR project strives for Europe-wide recognition for AUDITOR to become fully effective on both the national and the EU member states level.
Pilot Certifications
The AUDITOR certification process developed will be tested and validated in practice. We planned to validate research findings in three use cases.
Certification according to the EU General Data Protection Regulation is in the interest of all parties:
Cloud Service Providers
Cloud providers that can offer transparency and protection through certification.
Evaluation and Certification Authorities
Evaluation and certification authorities can embed AUDITOR into their portfolio.
Cloud Customers
Cloud customers that are to cooperate with cloud providers offering sufficient guarantees for compliance with data protection only.
End Consumers
The protection of end consumers’ data is the main objective of the AUDITOR certification of could services.
Pierre Chastanet | Head of Unit Cloud & Software DG Connect
EU Commission endorses AUDITOR
Pierre Chastanet of DG Connect emphasizes the importance of AUDITOR at the Trusted Cloud Lounge on 22nd January 2019 at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy in Berlin (from 4:00 min).
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COMMUNITY DAYS “Governance, Risk, Compliance in IT” on 29 & 30.04.2021
On 04/30/2021, Sebastian Lins will present the AUDITOR project in his talk “AUDITOR – Development of a new data protection certification for cloud services” at 11:30 am during the COMMUNITY[…]
Read moreDatenschutz am Mittag | Online Webinar of the Foundation for Data Protection on 16.04.2021
Datenschutz am Mittag is aimed at people interested in data privacy from academia, practice, politics and society. Specific questions on the implementation of data protection law will be discussed, as[…]
Read moreAUDITOR and GAIA-X
On February 17, the GAIA-X Technical Deep Dive took place, where different topics around the GAIA-X project were presented. Sebastian Lins from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology presented the AUDITOR[…]
Read moreAUDITOR as Follow-Up of TCDP
The AUDITOR research project is the follow-up project of the
‘Trusted Cloud Data Protection Profile for Cloud Services’ (TCDP).


