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CRISP is being upgraded to a "National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity"
On the margins of Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to TU Darmstadt, Hessian Prime Minister Volker Bouffier and Hessian Minister of Science Boris Rhein announced that CRISP will be expanded into a "National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity". Starting from 12.4 million euros in 2019, the funding will gradually increase to a mid- range double-digit million contribution. Founding director will be Professor Michael Waidner, Professor at the TU Darmstadt and Director of the Fraunhofer SIT.
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Houses of Dialog: The energy world is becoming digital
How does digitisation challenge the energy world and what solutions are there? How can new IT applications be used intelligently for future-proof business models? How can the highest level of IT security be guaranteed in a pragmatic way? These questions are discussed by House of IT and House of Energy together in an exclusive circle of 30 invited experts and key stakeholders from the energy and IT industry. Andreas Fuchs, Fraunhofer SIT, sheds light on necessities, challenges, and perspectives of IT security in the energy world.
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3 Tips for Founders
Teamwork is one of the keywords of the modern working world. The German Startup Monitor shows that three out of four startups are formed in a team (DSM 2017). As a result, a number of successful start-ups have been launched as a team, which are now well-known companies from Silicon Valley.
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Start-up of the month
Often, the worst security gap in companies are their own employees. A single click on a compromised e-mail link allows employees to paralyze the entire IT infrastructure. This means, well-trained employees are a key component in the IT security strategy of every company. IT-Seal focuses on this problem and individually trains employees with spear phishing emails and other social engineering simulations. The young technology company carries out simulations of hacker attacks and sends out fake advertising emails and payment requests. If an employee clicks on the link, they will be sensitized directly on an interactive explanatory page about the handling of e-mails of this kind in order to prevent dangers like it in the future.
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European Cybersecurity Month
For the 6th time the month of October is marked by cyber security. Numerous activities are designed to increase awareness of cybersecurity among citizens, business and government.
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Conference on Security and Peace Research celebrates its Premiere in Darmstadt
The Conference on the Perspectives of Scientific and Technical Peace and Security Research will take place in Darmstadt for the first time in 2019. Prof. Dr. Christian Reuter, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, organizes the conference together with IANUS (Interdisciplinary Working Group for Science, Technology and Security), FONAS (Research Association for Science, Disarmament and International Security) and the DFG Collaborative Research Center CROSSING.
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