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Public Hearing of "Digitalization in Hessen"

The FDP-Party put in an urgent request concerning Hessen 4.0 – Agenda Digital Hessen.  CRISP-speaker Prof. Michael Waidner, Fraunhofer SIT and (CYSEC) TU Darmstadt, speaks in the public hearing on Wednesday, 16.08. in the Hessian Parliament.

Dialogue between Citizens and Experts

Browsing the web - anonymous and safe– is that even possible? How do we recognize fraudulent messages and how much are our data worth? How can we protect ourselves from cyber-attacks such as WannaCry? On the 18th of September CRISP-scientists answer questions regarding recent Cybersecurity topics - easliy comprehensible and citizen-friendly in the Centralstation.

DORIAN - Uncover and Fight Disinformation

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Falschmeldungen werden zur allgemeinen Stimmungsmache oder gezielten Hetze gegen einzelne Personen genutzt und verbreiten sich rasant über das Internet. Allerdings ist es oft schwierig und zeitaufwendig, Fake News zu identifizieren. Hier setzt DORIAN an. Das interdisziplinäre Forschungsprojekt unter Leitung des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Sichere Informations­technologie SIT hat zum Ziel, Desinformation aufzudecken und umfassend zu bekämpfen.

Self data protection for networked vehicles

Within the project "SeDaFa" – self data protection for networked vehicles - CRISP-scientists at TU Darmstadt and Fraunhofer SIT along with other project partners are developing solutions, which allow car users to decide themselves, which vehicle data is made accessible. Now they have published first results.

Policy paper „Datensparsamkeit oder Datenreichtum“

The CRISP-Scientists Hervais-Clemence Simo Fhom and Dr. Michael Kreutzer, both Fraunhofer Sit, worked out the policy paper "Datensparsamkeit oder Datenreichtum" together with scientists of other institutions. The paper offers basic information about the principle of data economy and discusses its content, fundamentals, pros and cons.

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Experience University - With Honey You Attaract Hackers Part 3

The last part of the report about Cybersecurity Research at TU Darmstadt is online on the website of “Hessen schafft Wissen“. The team of Prof. Matthias Hollick, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, researches how communication can be guaranteed in case of crisis. Furthermore they demonstrated with the project Nexmon how to intervene in the functioning of WLAN-chips to expand its function.

Prof. Michael Waidner is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Software AG

The Software AG started a new Scientific Advisory Board to be able to classify future trend topics economically as well as scientifically despite the speed and complexity. CRISP-speaker Prof. Michael Waidner, Fraunhofer SIT and CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, is one of the currently six external members of the Scientific Advisory Board.

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University Experience - Making the Internet a bit safer part 2

Part 2 of the report about cybersecurity research at University of Applied Science Darmstadt in online on the web page of "Hessen schafft Wissen". Besides the information about the co-operative degree program IT-Security the report is about ,AusweisApp2´, which has been developed by the study group UCS of Prof. Andreas Heinemann.

TU Darmstadt and IBM work together in "Open Digital Lab"

The threat of potential cyber-attacks gains more and more in signifigance. The protection of private devices, corporate networks and critical infrastructures is a far-reaching concern, which can only be realized with special knowledge and methods. From fall onwards students, scientist as well as companies are able to learn how to develope and simultaneously safeguard innovative applications and solutions in the areas of Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics and Artifical Intellegence at the "Open Digital Lab" of TU Darmstadt.

Researcher of TU Darmstadt lay out bait for hackers

With purposfully placed bait - so called Honeypots - researchers from the research group of Prof. Max Mühlhäuser, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, set traps to attract hackers. Almost minute-by-minute attacs are registered. The reseachers receive countless information about cyber-attacs and develope defence strategies.