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Study on Risk Cultures and Social Media Use in Emergencies
The members of the research group “PEASEC – Science and Technology for Peace and Security” lead by ATHENE researcher Prof Christian Reuter at the TU Darmstadt have published a European study with the topic: “The impact of risk cultures: Citizens’ perception of social media use in emergencies across Europe”. The study was conducted in cooperation with the University of Siegen and the Tavistock Institute (London) and had initially been published in the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Now, it has also been published as an article by the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance.
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Research for peace and security
ATHENE researcher Prof Christian Reuter of the TU Darmstadt has been chosen by the senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Katharina Fegebank, to be part of the Scientific advisory board of the "Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg" (IFSH) for the following four years, supported by the advisory board decision.
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Security check for the Corona App
Within this context, researchers of the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT and the Technische Universität Darmstadt have been collaborating on the analysis of data security and IT security related features during the app development process by SAP and Telekom
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ATHENE researchers present papers and posters at renowned industry conference
The well-known International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks DSN, well-known among cybersecurity experts, takes place for the 50th time this year. Lead by Dr Haya Shulman, ATHENE researchers of the Fraunhofer SIT and the TU Darmstadt successfully placed multiple papers and posters at the anniversary conference.
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Demand for support from StartUpSecure is rising despite Corona
For two and a half years, subsidy program StartUpSecure | ATHENE has been actively consulting businesses in every aspect about the topic of startups in the IT industry. The very same is true for the homonymous subsidy program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Looking back as well as forward, the members of the subsidy program can deliver a generally positive summary. As of now, their consultations, their numerous workshops and events as well as their overall support options are well called on services. Even in times of Corona, this demand has not declined. Currently, seven startup projects are being supported by the BMBF. TU Darmstadt alumni and researchers are involved in four of these alone. More projects are expected for 2020.
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Digital passport photos only from now on
A few days ago, the German Federal Government ratified a law for more security concerning identification documents: going forward, for every new passport or identification card application, a digital passport photo has to be submitted. This is meant to make the process more forgery-proof. However, there is still a remaining risk, since frauds have discovered a new trick to elude border controls with fake identities: the so-called face-morphing, a method which enables the combination and superimposition of two faces over one another to create a new picture, which then strongly resembles two people at the same time. ATHENE researchers of the Fraunhofer IGD and the Hochschule Darmstadt are currently occupied with the detection, discovery and identification of face-morphing attacks, searching for solutions to make biometric passport photos more secure and unforgeable.
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