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Kick-off of SecHuman II
The research college SecHuman warmly invites to their kick-off event with international keynote and presentation of past and future research projects.…
Next ITS regulars' table for women* on March 4, 2021
CASA cordially invites you to the next ITS regulars' table this Thursday, March 4 at 6 pm.
Invitation to InSicht.Ruhr Workshop
The second workshop on the topic of "Vision and Goals" will take place on March 4, 2021 via Zoom.
Privacy issues and security risks in Alexa Skills
Amazon screens special voice assistant functions for security. However, scammers can circumvent this check – one of several problems.
Lecture Series by Christof Paar Mentioned in "Gemischtes Hack"
The wide-reaching YouTube channel "Einführung in die Kryptographie von Christof Paar" has made it into the most popular German-language podcast.
PHYSEC Crowned Winner of ECSO’s European Cybersecurity STARtup Award
On the 2nd February after going head-to-head with seven other leading European cybersecurity startups, Germany-based PHYSEC was named the winner of…
Authentication using RBA: little-used despite high usability and increased security
A team of researchers shows that RBA (risk-based authentication) provides high security with just a few characteristics (e.g., IP address and browser…
Computer Science Day, February 17, 2021
The Center of Computer Science cordially invites you to the first Computer Science Day at the Ruhr-Uni Bochum.
"SolarWinds has paid insufficient attention to IT security" - Interview with Thorsten Holz
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Holz spoke with the Science Media Center about IT security's high importance after the SolarWinds hack.
Bochum start-up project for data center protection funded
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is supporting the startup "immune" as part of the "StartUpSecure" funding program with…
A new face at Equal Opportunities
Franziska Herbert from the Chair of Mobile Security is the new decentralized Equal Opportunity Officer of the faculty.
Boost IT security in the Ruhr region: Join the "InSicht.Ruhr" project
The first workshop under the slogan "Strengths. Weaknesses. Potentials?" on 28.01.2021 is open to anyone interested.
Save the date: CASA Distinguished Lecture with Brad Reaves, January 25, 2021
The topic will be announced soon.
The HGI wishes you a Merry Christmas!
The office is closed from 23.12.20 - 04.01.2021.
Save the date: CASA Distinguished Lecture with Lorenzo Cavallaro, January 14, 2021
Topic: "Intriguing Properties of Adversarial ML Attacks in the Problem Space"
Research result as quiz question in ARD program
With their paper "This Pin can be easily guessed," HGI researchers made it onto the ARD quiz show.
Save the date:CASA Distinguished Lecture with Elissa Redmiles, February 1, 2021 - 5:00 pm (UTC+1)
Topic: "Learning from the People: From Normative to Descriptive Solutions to Problems in Security, Privacy & Machine Learning"
Post-Quantum Cryptography: CASA scientists successfully work on algorithms for the future
Most of the finalists in the NIST PQC standardizing process are members of CASA.
Forschungskolleg "Sicherheit für Menschen im Cyberspace" (SecHuman) extended
IT security as a societal phenomenon is the focus of the Research Training Group.
Register now: The eurobits Security Summit starting soon
From November 30, various events will take place within the summit.
a-i3/BSI Symposium with lectures by numerous HGI scientists
On November 25 and 26, 2020, the 15th interdisciplinary symposium of the working group Identity Protection on the Internet (a-i3) will take place.
Application deadline for the eurobits Excellence Award 2020 extended
The Award is endowed with prize money of 1000 Euros.
Save the Date: ITS.Connect Digital Days, 4./9./19.11.2020
Participants can meet IT security companies in online guided tours or live demonstrations.
Follow-up surveys on Corona Apps show differences between countries
China has the highest acceptance of usage.
Save the date: CASA Distinguished Lecture with Adam Shostack, November 16 2020
Topic: "We Need A Discipline of Cyber Public Health"
Because of Corona: CASA's virtual internship as a practical solution
Elahe Sadeghi completed her planned internship at CASA online.
Open Positions: Exc. CASA PostDoc Positions (m/f/d) 39,83 h/w 2 years
The positions are part of the "Postdoc Jump-Start Program".
International flagship project for start-ups launched
Worldfactory-International complements the RUB's existing excellence start-up support.
Open PhD positions at the Research College SecHuman
Interdisciplinary doctorate for technical/mathematical and humanities and social science PhD students
HGI researchers discover vulnerability in TLS 1.2 and earlier versions
The TLS encryption protocol is normally considered to be very safe - but a team of researchers at HGI has now discovered a vulnerability.