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Representatives from Hessian Ministries visit CRISP
Members of various Hessian ministries visited CRISP to find out about the research on cybersecurity in Darmstadt. After a welcoming statement and introduction to CRISP by spokesperson Prof. Michael Waidner, visitors received information about research work through exhibits and demos.
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Hereditary material on offer
The more we know about our genome data, the better doctors can treat us in the future. But how can these sensitive data be used without being abused? Two scientists working with CRISP researchers, Stefan Katzenbeisser and Kay Hamacher at TU Darmstadt, want to encrypt genome data in such a skillfull way that mathematical analyses can still be carried out.
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Data Protection Friendly Authentication by Fingerprints
CRISP researchers have decisively part in the development of a procedure for judging the quality of fingerprints, which will be implemented the coming year by the Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI) and the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA).
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secUnity-discussion paper "Key Challenges in IT Security Research"
The secUnity discussion paper "Key Challenges in IT Security Research", developed by well-known German IT security experts, was handed over in Brussels this week. Martin Übelho accepted the paper. He represented Günter Oettinger, EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society.
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New center for security and data protection
Together with representatives from the worlds of business, politics and science, Hessian Minister President Volker Bouffier and Fraunhofer President Prof. Dr. Georg Rosenfeld opened up the "Leistungszentrum für Sicherheit und Datenschutz in der Digitalen Welt“.
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Digital vulnerability
In the future, we will be much more networked than we can conceive of today. In addition to unimagined possibilities this also entails risks and dangers. The special radio broadcast on hr2 Kultur deals with digital vulnerability in modern times. Prof. Matthias Hollick, CRISP researcher at TU Darmstadt and expert for Secure Mobile Network, talks about the dilemma of wanting to live in the modern world without feeling like a prisoner.
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