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Innovations strengthen the economic power

In the context of the parliamentary evening at the State Parliament of Hesse TU Darmstadt presented their activities with which they support and push ahead spin-offs and innovations. In front of about 25 Member of Parliament of all parliamentary parties the TU-Strat-ups Alcan Systems GmbH and IT-Seal GmbH presented their business ideas and market success up to nos. IT-Seal was founded in the Cyber­security-Scene of TU Darmstadt and deals with effective and practical further education of employees, to be able to assert themselves over Social Engineering-threats.

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Forum Bellevue for the future of democracy

The President of the Federal Republic Germany discusses current challenges for the democracy with German and inter­national guests of economy, politics, culture, science and the general public in “Forum Bellevue zur Zunkunft der Demokratie”. This time with the motto “Fakt oder Fake? Über einen bedeutenden Unterschied für die Demokratie” a discussion about the current information and debate culture took place. Dr. Michael Kreutzer, project coordinator of the BMBF-research project DORIAN at Fraunhofer SIT, was a guest in the discussion about the current information culture.

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Transparent IT Production for Digital Sovereignty

Whether in the automotive, the energy or the financial sector: information technology is increasingly penetrating all aspects of life. At the same time, security gaps in closed hardware and software produced in globalised supply chains are becoming increasingly incalculable. This is the result reached by IT security experts from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, Fraunhofer Singapore, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, and Technical University of Berlin. In a White Paper on the topic of “digital sovereignty” that they just published, the authors propose that all the steps in the supply chain of IT products be made transparent – from the user software to the tools used in semiconductor fabrication plants.

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Next Generation Cryptography

Fraunhofer SIT publishes a position paper about the future of cryptography. From online-banking to the blockchain – most IT security mechanisms for protecting data and digital communication are based on cryptography. Quantum computers and new forms of attacks are threatening many of these IT security mechanisms. How businesses and society can protect the cyber-world from such devastating threats in the future was discussed by experts in the realm of business, research, and politics at the “Eberbacher Gespräch” on “Next Generation Cryptography”.

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"Shaping the Digital Revolution" - inter­national Fellows Meeting in Darmstadt

Under the motto "Shaping the Digital Revolution" the inter­national fellows meeting of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) takes place at TU Darmstadt. The fellows from 82 countries await speeches, panel discussions and the opportunity of personal exchange.

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