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World Usability Day
Every year on the second Thursday of November the World Usability Day is celebrated worldwide. On this day everything is about the easy handling of products. The SECUSO-research group, headed by Prof. Melanie Volkamer, of TU Darmstadt uses this as an opportunity to publish a new version of PassSec+, the popular, user-friendly Firefox Add-On for the protection of passwords, payment information and privacy.
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Start-Up Workshop for Cybersecruity-founders at TU Darmstadt
At the second Start-Up workshop organized by CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt the Start-Ups IT-Seal, Kullo, Privalino and QuantiCor Security took part. This Start-Ups have been developed by TU Darmstadt. CRISP-Scientist Prof. Peter Buxmann, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, opend the workshop.
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Cybercrime Forum
The Cybercrime Forum focuses on the effects of cybercrime on the financial sector, among other things. Cybersecurity experts of industry, administration and science discuss the security and solutions and how companies can protect themselves against unauthorized access. CRISP-Scientist Prof. Martin Steinebach, Fraunhofer SIT, Diskusses at the panel "Herausforderungen an die nationale und internationale Cybersicherheit".
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User days "Logistik digitalisieren" IT-trends, pratice-oriented lectures & networking
Experts and practitioner of VerkehrsRundsauch’s user days "Logistik digitalisieren" are helping with the selection and implementation of IT-system-solutions for haulage companies and forwarding agents. CRISP-Scientist Dr. Jens Heider, Fraunhofer SIT, gives a lecture about security for smartphones and tablets on the 6th of December.
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Kick-off of Hessian-Israel Partnership Accelerator (HIPA)
HIPA is organized by CRISP-member Fraunhofer SIT in Darmstadt and the Cybersecurity Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and connects one of Europe‘s leading research locations with Israel‘s vibrant start-up scene. As project manager Dr. Haya Shulman, Fraunhofer SIT, coordinates the activities. This week the kick-off event took place in Israel.
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Freedom and Responsibility of IT-Sciences
The development of new information and communication technologies has changed everyday life enormously, especially in the previous two decades, and has therefor important social and scientific consequences. With the workshop “Freiheit und Verantwortung in den IT-Wissenschaften” the joint committee for the handling of security-relevant research of DFG and Leopoldina provided a platform for discussions about the responsible handling of dual-use relevant research in It-sciences on 27. Oktober 2017 at the Wissenschafts- und Kongresszentrum darmstadtium.
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