ATHENE is an official supporter of it-sa, the leading trade fair for IT security in Europe.  ATHENE-CEO Prof. Michael Waidner says: "As Europe’s leading trade fair for IT security, it-sa is an important platform that enables us to present our security solutions to representatives of industry and public bodies and conduct discussions with them. This dialogue is very important for a research.“

With Prof. Michael Waidner and Dr. Haya Shulman two ATHENE researchers are on the organizing committee of the first ACM SIGCOMM ManTra'20 workshop, which will take place in the context of SIGCOMM 2020. The SIGCOMM is the most important annual conference of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM). It focuses on applications, technologies, architectures and protocols for computer communication

In the category "Students" NeSPA was awarded with the third place in this year's TU ideas competition. In the project, a password manager generates an individual, secure password from a master password and a purpose of use, thereby dispensing with password storage and synchronisation between the respective end devices. The prize is endowed with 1,000 euros and was awarded during the Startup & Innovation Day 2019. First and third place went to the WriteForMe team and Kaipara AdVrenture.

In the "Scientists" category, Team Perun was awarded with the second place in this year's TU Ideas Competition for its "ProChain" project. In the StartUpSecure-funded project, high-performance block chain systems are being developed that can process more transactions without waiting times at significantly reduced fees compared to current (payment) systems. The prize is endowed with 2,000 euros. First and third place went to the Sooqua and Caliberation teams.

The first edition of the Handbook of Vascular Biometry describes the current state of the art in this field. The handbook offers students, scientists and engineers a detailed insight into different areas of vascular biometry. In recent years, so-called vascular biometry has increasingly developed into an independent field of research and is considered an attractive alternative to established biometric modalities such as face recognition or fingerprint recognition.

The National Research Center for Applied Cybesecurity (formerly CRISP) has been renamed ATHENE. During a visit to Darmstadt, Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek and Hessian Minister of Science Angela Dorn learned about the new research center and the challenges of cybersecurity, which will be addressed by the research and solutions developed by ATHENE.

The Deutscher IT-Sicherheitspreis of the Horst Görtz Stiftung will be awarded for the 8th time in 2020. With 200.000 EURO in total, it is the largest monetary award for cybersecurity and privacy in Germany. Registration is possible as of now. The donors are looking for innovation which has a high potential for commercial exploitation and proves how cybersecurity made in Germany can have an impact on the market.

The next real attack shows how well your IT team is prepared for an emergency - or a day on a cyber range, a hyper-realistic attack simulation. Here, IT teams can be put into realistic attack situations, the team behavior in stressful situations can be tested and security competencies can be improved. Fraunhofer SIT combines one of the world's leading simulation platforms with current research results and innovative start-up ideas to a new type of training program - the Fraunhofer Cyber Range.

The German-Israeli Partnership Accelerator for Cybersecurity (GIPA) connects a leading research location with Israel‘s start-up scene. GIPA is a new initiative to accelerate cybersecurity research collaboration between Germany and Israel and shape the world's cybersecurity landscape. Then initiative is launched by Fraunhofer SIT and Hebrew University of Jerusalem HUJI. We’re looking for the best IT talents who want to become cybersecurity innovators and develop technology for new business ideas.

This year, the Hessian Research Award of the Universities of Applied Sciences (HAW) goes to the ATHENE researcher Prof. Christoph Busch at the Darmstadt University of Applied Siences. State Secretary of the Hessian Ministry of Science, Ayse Asar, presented him with the € 12,500 prize on Tuesday, October 29, honoring him for his outstanding achievements in application-oriented research.