Security is never left to chance
Systems stay current and protected at all times, with no operational effort on your part.
groupios for cities and municipalities
Digital sovereignty for cities
and municipalities.
So your municipality stays safe,
capable, and independent - tomorrow too.
The groupios Mare Cloud combines secure communication, email security, groupware, archiving, and backup in a single platform - developed and operated in Germany for modern municipalities and public institutions.
- Built for cities, municipalities, and municipal IT service providers
- Focused on digital sovereignty and data protection
- Long-term investment security
The current situation
Municipal responsibility is often underestimated - especially in IT
Every day in your administration, it's decided whether citizens' data is protected, whether the administration stays operational - and whether citizens' trust holds.
What's at stake every day:
- Citizens' data - registration, health, social, and tax data are your responsibility.
- Operational capability - an outage affects not just IT, but the entire municipal administration.
- Citizens' trust - what took decades to build can be destroyed by a single incident.
The reality is:
- IT departments are overloaded - amid growing requirements
- Cyberattacks on municipalities are increasing massively and are increasingly targeted
- Compliance requirements under GDPR and NIS2 keep rising
- Grown IT systems increase complexity and attack surface
What a successful attack means
- Complete standstill of the administration - sometimes for weeks
- Loss of sensitive citizens' data - with mandatory reporting and fines
- Loss of trust in your institution and your political decisions
- Public media coverage and reputational damage
- High recovery costs - internal and external
- And the responsibility always rests with you - not with the provider, not with IT.
Security must not be left to chance. A managed service is not an IT decision. It's a decision about how seriously you take your responsibility toward the citizens of your municipality.
The strategic answer
Why a managed service is a political decision
This isn't about technology. It's about the ability to act - today and in the future.
Your administration stays operational
Even while others are under attack. Resilience is something you can plan for.
Complexity is reduced
One central platform instead of fragmented solutions and parallel systems.
Trust is actively protected
Through demonstrable security and seamless compliance.
Digital transformation - safely!
The integrated security architecture of the groupios Mare Cloud
Three structural reasons - not technical arguments, but questions of political responsibility.
Independence from hyperscalers - control is a duty
Many municipalities give up control without realizing it. Data held by international providers means decisions get outsourced and transparency is lost.
- Data resides with international providers with no control over it
- US providers are subject to the CLOUD Act - your data too
- Transparency over data processing is lost
- Government responsibility must not be outsourced
Protection of personal data - trust is your capital
Citizens trust your municipality: with their data, their concerns, their safety. That trust isn't a given and can be destroyed at any time.
- Encrypted communication protects every message
- Audit-proof archiving - seamless and provable
- GDPR-compliant data processing on German servers
- No fines, no loss of trust
Digital sovereignty - the foundation of your ability to act
Without digital sovereignty, there's no sustainable administration. Whoever doesn't control their own infrastructure gradually loses the ability to act independently.
- Make your own decisions - with no external dependencies
- Control your infrastructure - completely and transparently
- Stay independent - from providers, platforms, and policies
- Long-term planning security for your IT infrastructure
Mare Cloud brings all security solutions together in a single platform.
Combine our various building blocks for maximum data sovereignty.
Email Security Gateway
Protection from spam, malware, and ransomware – with automatic S/MIME encryption and central certificate management.
Discover the gatewayS/MIME Encryption
Legally compliant S/MIME encryption with central certificate management – automated, with no effort for users.
Discover encryptionEmail Archiving
Audit-proof archiving compliant with GDPR and GoBD – legally compliant long-term storage for all your previously encrypted emails.
View archivingCloud2Cloud Backup
Completely vendor-independent backup, for example of Microsoft 365®, OneDrive®, Teams®, SharePoint®, Gmail®, and Google Drive®.
View backup solutionMulti-Node Backup
Maximum resilience through distributed backup architecture with no central point of failure – ideal for business-critical data, for example.
Discover the backup strategyA tailored solution
For cities, municipalities, and municipal decision-makers who take responsibility seriously
Typical requirements
- Limited IT resources amid growing requirements
- Rising and targeted cyber threats
- Extensive GDPR and NIS2 compliance obligations
- Complex, grown system landscapes
- Responsibility for highly sensitive citizens' data
- Political pressure in the event of security incidents
Your concrete benefit
- Complete relief for your IT team with no added staff
- Protection from cyberattacks from day one
- Simple, central management of all security policies
- Digital sovereignty - control stays with you
- Provable GDPR and NIS2 compliance
- Fast implementation by experts
What decision-makers want to know…
Why should we, as a municipality, commission a managed service at all?
Because your IT department can’t handle operations, maintenance, security, and rising compliance requirements all at once. A managed service takes exactly that off your hands - completely and permanently. Your administration stays operational, your IT is relieved, and security isn’t sacrificed to day-to-day business. This isn’t an IT decision - it’s a decision for your municipality’s ability to act.
How exactly does the Mare Cloud protect our citizens' data?
Through a layered protection architecture: the Email Security Gateway stops attacks before they reach your systems. S/MIME encryption protects every single message. Audit-proof archiving records every communication process seamlessly. And Multi-Node Backup ensures data can be restored even after an attack - all on German servers, fully GDPR-compliant.
Are we independent of US providers with the Mare Cloud?
Yes - completely. The groupios Mare Cloud is a European solution explicitly designed for digital sovereignty. All data is processed and stored on German servers. There’s no dependency on US providers subject to the CLOUD Act. Your municipality retains full control over data, systems, and communication channels - with no external dependencies.
Does the Mare Cloud help us meet our GDPR and NIS2 obligations?
The Mare Cloud structurally supports compliance with both regulations: GDPR-compliant data processing, complete logging of all communication processes, and audit-proof archiving provide the evidence base needed for audits. NIS2 requirements for risk management, reporting obligations, and resilience are specifically addressed by the integrated platform architecture.
How does the rollout work - and how long is our administration unreachable during it?
Implementation is structured and guided by our team of experts - with no interruption to ongoing operations. Since the Mare Cloud is fully managed, complex self-installation isn’t required. The switchover is planned so your administration is never unreachable. Within a short time, your municipality is fully protected and ready to go.
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- No contract, no minimum term
- Server locations exclusively in Germany
- Response usually within one business day
- Personal point of contact, not a call center
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