insidas GmbH & Co. KG

Name

insidas GmbH & Co. KG

Legal name

insidas GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://insidas.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Data Protection and Information Security Consulting

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Managed Services (BPAEADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Privacy, Consent & Data Protection Management (BPAEAPAF), Enterprise Application Security, GRC & Compliance Services (BPAEAGAL), IT Governance, Risk & Compliance (IT GRC) Platforms (HDAEALAK), Technical Documentation & Knowledge Management (Playbooks, Runbooks, Enablement Kits) (BPAEANAM)

Keywords

• Data protection consulting
• Information security services
• GDPR compliance advisory
• Whistleblower system software
• BSI IT-Grundschutz consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Landau an der Isar

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Data Protection Consulting Services: Ongoing consulting engagements providing external data protection officer services, GDPR compliance support, and project-based advisory for municipalities and public institutions. Billed at hourly rates or as part of flat-rate service packages.
2. Information Security Consulting: External information security officer services, IT security concept development, BSI IT-Grundschutz compliance, risk analysis, and staff training for municipalities and public institutions.
3. Whistleblower System (ins.geber): Whistleblower system including software provision and managed support services. Provided as a bundled software and service package to help organizations comply with whistleblower protection legislation.
4. Software Subscriptions (DSMS, Portal, ISMS Tool): Annual SaaS subscriptions for data protection management system, customer portal, and ISMS tool. Part of tiered service packages (Smart/Flat) for municipalities with different employee counts.
5. Professional Services (Hourly/Project): Hourly consulting at 129 EUR per hour on a pay-as-you-go basis, or pre-purchased budget packages with 20% discount. Additional charges for travel costs and optional premium services such as whistleblower module, LSI seal, and on-site training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

insidas GmbH & Co. KG provides external data protection officer and external information security officer consulting services, BSI IT-Grundschutz-based IT security concepts, and dedicated software tools (DSMS data protection management system, ins.geber whistleblower portal, Kundenportal customer portal, ISMS-Tool) for Bavarian municipalities, universities, and public-sector IT providers. Services are delivered via tiered subscription packages (Smart Kommunal and Flat Kommunal) bundled with annual software access, staff awareness training, and liability coverage up to 3 million EUR, plus hourly professional-services consulting at 129 EUR/hour.

Product overview

insidas GmbH & Co. KG offers a unified portfolio of consulting services and software solutions for data protection (Datenschutz) and information security (Informationssicherheit) targeting municipalities and public institutions in Bavaria, Germany. The core software products include ins.geber (whistleblower system), DSMS (data protection management system), and the Kundenportal (customer portal). These are complemented by the ISMS-Tool and Insidas Cloud-Plattform as add-on modules for information security management. The company was acquired by actago Gruppe in March 2025 and operates as part of this larger enterprise group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ins.geber: Whistleblower system (Hinweisgebersystem) - a software solution for reporting compliance issues and data protection violations.
• IDISA

Products and services

• External Data Protection Officer Service (Datenschutz) External Datenschutzbeauftragter service providing data protection officer appointment, GDPR/BayDSG compliance consulting, documentation, and DSFA support for municipalities and public institutions in Bavaria.
• External Information Security Officer Service (Smart Kommunal / Flat Kommunal)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500 municipalities and companies served across the actago group
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• komuna GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development Partnerkomuna GmbH is a mid-sized IT consulting company with approximately 50 employees and over 700 municipal and municipal association customers in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. insidas co-founder Ludwig Atzberger was previously managing director of komuna for nearly 20 years, growing it from a two-person business to the leading private municipal IT service provider in southern Germany. komuna is now a strategic partner, and Christian Fuchs (managing partner of komuna) was involved in the actago/insidas acquisition in March 2025.
• HSH Soft- und Hardware Vertriebs GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHSH is a mid-sized software company specializing in municipal software solutions, particularly for registration, trade, foreigner, and citizenship authorities. Approximately 3,000 German registration authorities use HSH's MESO software. HSH and insidas cooperate to serve municipal customers with combined software and data protection/IS solutions.
• CTS EDV-Consulting GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCTS is a software company founded in 1993, specializing in cemetery management software (elFRIED product). CTS serves approximately 500 municipalities and church administrations across Germany. insidas provides data protection and information security expertise as part of the cooperation.
• computer zentrum strausberg GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCZ is a mid-sized IT company from Brandenburg with over 2,500 municipal users and 30 employees. The company develops municipal application software used nationwide. insidas provides data protection and IS consulting services to CZ's municipal customers.
• brain-SCC GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development Partnerbrain-SCC is a TÜV-certified IT and media service provider for states, districts, and municipalities, specializing in internet portals, geoinformation systems, e-government solutions, and mobile applications. Over 300 projects have been completed. insidas cooperates with brain-SCC on municipal data protection and IS matters.
• EurOwiG AGminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEurOwiG AG develops the EurOWiG software for processing administrative offenses, used by public administrations. Founded in 1984, the company provides software exclusively developed and supported in Germany. insidas provides data protection consulting services to EurOwiG's municipal customer base.
• Form-Solutions e.K.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerForm-Solutions is an eGovernment framework provider based in Karlsruhe with over 2,200 primarily governmental customers across Germany. The company offers over 1,200 intelligent form assistants and 4,000 PDF print templates for public administration. insidas cooperates with Form-Solutions on municipal data protection and IS requirements.
• DGVB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verwaltungsberatung mbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDGVB is a consulting company focused on public and private administration, specializing in digitization and optimization of administrative work. DGVB advises municipal administrations, NGOs, and companies, and also handles international cooperation projects. insidas partners with DGVB on data protection and information security consulting within DGVB's consulting engagements.
• more! software GmbH & Co. KGminorStrategic or Co-development Partnermore! software is a leading manufacturer of meeting management and committee information systems with over 30 years of experience and more than 600 installations in Germany and Switzerland. insidas cooperates with more! software to provide data protection and information security services to their municipal customers.
• techconsult GmbH (Heise Medien Gruppe)minorStrategic or Co-development Partnertechconsult is an established German research and analyst house, part of the Heise Medien Gruppe for over 25 years. It conducts more than 25,000 interviews per year with IT decision-makers and business decision-makers. techconsult provides market intelligence and analyst services to insidas.
• MittelstandsWiki / just 4 business GmbH (Heise Medien Gruppe)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMittelstandsWiki is a publication platform by just 4 business GmbH (a subsidiary of Heise Medien Gruppe) providing quality journalism for mid-sized companies and the public sector. insidas maintains a strategic relationship with MittelstandsWiki for thought leadership and media coverage.
• DATABUND e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDATABUND is the association of mid-sized IT service providers and software manufacturers for the public sector in Germany. Founded in January 2006, its member companies' software products cover more than half of all municipal procedures in German municipalities. insidas has been an active member from the beginning.
• Bayerischer IT-Sicherheitscluster e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Bavarian IT Security Cluster is a network of IT companies, users, research institutions, public institutions, and lawyers. It promotes research and development in information security and data protection, initiates and supports startups. insidas is an active member from the beginning, contributing expertise in municipal data protection and IS.
• Allianz für Cybersicherheit (BSI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Allianz für Cybersicherheit (ACS) was founded by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) in 2012 to strengthen Germany's resilience against cyberattacks. insidas has been a member since end of 2018. The ACS currently has approximately 3,000 member institutions. insidas participates in expert exchange and receives BSI-recommended IT security guidance.
• Dr. Natalya Spuling (Attorney at Law)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDr. Natalya Spuling is an attorney partner supporting insidas's team of data protection and information security experts on all legal questions related to municipal data protection. She has multi-year experience in data protection consulting, data protection management, and communication with data protection authorities in regulatory proceedings. She also supports large projects and is directly reachable for customers on daily inquiries. Languages: German, English, French, Russian.
• Joerg Heidrich (Heidrich Rechtsanwälte)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJoerg Heidrich is an attorney specializing in data protection and IT security law, operating through the law firm Heidrich Rechtsanwälte (recht-im-internet.de). He is also the legal counsel and data protection officer of the Heise publishing group (c't, iX, heise online). He has been working on internet and data protection law issues since 1997 and is a certified data protection officer (TÜV). insidas partners with Heidrich on legal data protection matters.
• Thomas Hofer (Rechtsinformatikzentrum LMU München)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerThomas Hofer is the academic director of the Legal Informatics Centre at LMU Munich's Faculty of Law and a sought-after speaker at IT law conferences. He specializes in IT compliance according to ISO/IEC and BSI IT-Grundschutz with TÜV-IT certification. Heidrich has been an external consultant to insidas since January 2021.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Datenschutz Nord GmbH: German data protection and information security consultancy providing external DPO services and compliance support. Closely comparable service model to insidas, though with a Germany-wide rather than Bavaria-focused footprint.
• Kommunale Informationsverarbeitung Reutlingen-Ulm (KIRU): Regional municipal IT service provider in Baden-Württemberg serving towns and counties with software and digital services. Comparable municipal vertical and regional German public-sector focus to insidas.
• AKDB (Anstalt für Kommunale Datenverarbeitung in Bayern): Bavarian state-owned IT service provider for municipalities, offering software and digital administration services. Highly comparable regional focus and municipal customer base to insidas, with overlapping compliance and IT-security themes.
• procilon GmbH: German IT-security vendor focused on public administration and regulated industries, offering encryption, signature, and compliance solutions. Comparable as a specialist German provider serving public-sector compliance and security needs.

Broad incumbents

• TÜV SÜD: Global testing, certification, and cybersecurity services group. Provides compliance/IT-security advisory and managed services to organizations including public-sector and regulated industries, overlapping with insidas's GRC and ISO/BSI-aligned service lines.
• msg systems AG: Large German IT consulting and software group with established insurance, public-sector, and security/GRC practices. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering GRC and managed services to regulated German organizations, though across a much wider portfolio than insidas.
• adesso SE: Major German IT services firm with significant public-sector, insurance, and security practice areas. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering GRC/security consulting to public-sector clients in Germany.
• DATEV eG: Large German IT services cooperative serving tax advisors, auditors, and public-sector clients with software and compliance solutions. Comparable as a broader incumbent providing compliance and data-protection-adjacent software to regulated German organizations.

Regional players

• Dataport: Public-sector IT service provider for several northern German states, offering software, IT operations, and digital administration services. Comparable as a public-sector-focused IT provider, but operating in a different geography than insidas's Bavarian focus.

Emerging players

• mgm technology partners GmbH: German IT consulting firm with a security and compliance practice serving public-sector and regulated enterprise customers. Comparable as a German mid-sized specialist in IT security and GRC consulting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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