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Cyber protection for charging stations
How can electric charging stations be better protected against hacker attacks? The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, SIT showed how operators can protect their charging stations against manipulation and data theft at the networking conference Electromobility in Berlin.
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EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium
The research group Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC), led by CRISP researcher Prof. Christian Reuter, deals with the importance of IT for security, peace and security. On the one hand, researchers are investigating the resilience of IT infrastructures (eg as targets in conflict situations) and, on the other, the role of IT applications (eg interactive and collaborative technologies and social media), to prevent and manageconflicts, crises and disasters. With this expertise, PEASEC was admitted to the EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium on November 14, 2018.
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GDNÄ elects representative for Board of Management
Every two years, members of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte e. V. (GDNÄ) elect one expert each in the disciplines of chemistry, physics, biology, medicine, mathematics and engineering. The representatives to be elected are proposed by the Board of Management and elected to the Board of Directors for a term of four years in a written procedure. CRISP spokesman Prof. Johannes Buchmann, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, was elected as a representative for the subject group computer science / mathematics for the term 2019-2022.
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iBlockchain Kick-off Meeting
CRISP researchers from the TU Darmstadt and other partners from industry and research form a consortium to develop decentralized technologies for the next generation of intelligent industrial production. The research project called iBlockchain is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
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Award ceremony of the CAST IT-Security Promotional-Prize 2018
Yesterday, the CAST IT-Security Promotional-Prize was awarded for the 18th time. Reviewers of CAST e.V. had previously reviewed all submissions and rated their quality. On this basis, nine authors were nominated for the finalist workshop. Among the bachelor theses Daniel Günther of the TU Darmstadt won. His work originated in the ENCRYPTO working group led by CRISP scientist Prof. Thomas Schneider.
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New colorful barcode
Researchers of Fraunhofer SIT have developed a barcode that consists of arbitrary colors and can assume any shape. The colored JAB code has a much higher data density compared to classical black and white bar and matrix codes. Therefore it can deposit much more information on the same surface, which leads to more security against counterfeiting.
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On the track of insurance fraudsters
In a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, researchers at Fraunhofer SIT have developed three technologies that enable insurance companies to automatically detect dubious insurance claims. The new methods allow images, texts and financial data to be examined. The first insurance companies in Germany are already testing the technologies.
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Together against attacks by quantum computers
SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced a cooperation between the SAP Security Research organization and the TU Darmstadt to investigate quantum-resistant security technologies for software development processes at SAP one of the leading security centers in Germany, to investigate quantum-resistant security technologies for software development processes at SAP.
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Policy Paper on DORIAN Project published
In the policy paper series of the research group "Forum Privatheit", scientists from the interdisciplinary research project DORIAN publish a paper that explains how disinformation can be detected and contained. CRISP scientist Dr. Michael Kreutzer, Fraunhofer SIT, is one of the authors of the paper.
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CRISP researchers ensure safe infrastructure in agriculture
As part of the "GeoBox I" project, approved by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Prof. Christian Reuter, head of the department "Wissenschaft und Technik für Frieden und Sicherheit (PEASEC)" at TU Darmstadt, works together with several project partners on standardization and reliability of the infrastructure needed in agriculture. After all, even in agriculture there is a conversation about "safety-critical infrastructure" - an attack can lead to production losses and food shortages. In order to prevent these, scientists are developing a prototype for a standardized and resilient infrastructure in which the data is kept decentralized and regionally networked. Federal Minister Julia Klöckner handed over the funding decision to the project managers today.
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