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ATHENE researchers take 2nd place at the Deutsche IT-Sicherheitspreis 2022
Great success for ATHENE scientist Prof. Christoph Busch and his team from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences: The biometrics specialists were awarded 2nd place for their "Morphing Attack Detection" software at the 9. Deutschen IT-Sicherheitspreis. The prize is endowed with 40,000 EUR.
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ATHENE researchers among finalists of the 9th German IT Security Award
The 10 nominees for the 9th German IT Security Award have been determined. In a multi-stage process, the jury selected the most innovative projects from 54 submitted. Ten concepts made it to the finals. ATHENE scientists are involved in 3 of the 10 submissions. The three winning teams will be announced on November 10 at the end of the Bitkom Cybersecurity Innovation Conference.
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Whitepaper on "Active Cyber Defense"
As a result of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the discussion about active cyber defense has also flared up again. Politicians are calling for improved capabilities. In their white paper "Active Cyber Defense" our CEO Prof. Michael Waidner and our cybersecurity expert Prof. Haya Shulman provide concrete examples of the technical options available for improving cyber defense in Germany.
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ATHENE researchers present document protection with colorful barcode
At this year's it-sa in Nuremberg, Fraunhofe SIT is showcasing DocSeal, a new solution for protecting against document forgery that enables companies and public authorities to quickly and easily add anti-counterfeiting protection to digital and paper documents. For this purpose, a colorful barcode (JAB Code) is printed on the document, which records important document contents and their placement in the document in a tamper-proof manner. An app can then be used to check document authenticity and automatically detect tampering.
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