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SecureCloud 2012 in Frankfurt
Global Leaders Address Top Emerging Issues on Cloud Security and Privacy. Co-hosted by the CSA, ENISA, ISACA, CASED, and the Fraunhofer Institute SIT, the Industry’s Only European Conference on Cloud Security Will Highlight Mobile and Policy Aspects of Cloud Computing Security
How will changes in European data protection regulation affect cloud providers and users? How will forensics look like in the Cloud? These are some of the topics discussed by 250 experts from science, industry and politics at the SecureCloud Conference 2012 from May 9-10, 2012 in Frankfurt. SecureCloud 2012 is the premier European educational and networking event on cloud computing security and privacy. This year, the agenda is set to arm participants with information, guidance and recommendations on the most important issues in cloud security including mobile, legal and policy. The event is co-hosted and organized by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), the Center for Advanced Security Research (CASED), the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information technology and the worldwide association of IS professionals ISACA.
TU Darmstadt becomes partner at the Future Public Security Center of SAP
Collaboration with CASED-research group for Public Security
SAP AG is undertaking further collaboration with the CASED-research group (CASED, Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt) for Public Security of TU Darmstadt within the frame of its Darmstadt “Future Public Security Center”. The Future Public Security Center operates on the principle of a so called “Living Lab”. This research model integrates all relevant interest and target groups, especially end-users, intensively into the research process for new products and services.
Secure password manager for iPhones
Fraunhofer SIT presents clever app that exasperates hackers
Darmstadt, March 6th, 2012. Passwords or PINs are needed for numerous things nowadays, such as EC cards, private mailboxes and connections to networks or resources, which are used for business purposes. However, the more we have, the more difficult it becomes for us to remember them. The software iMobileSitter manages access data on iPhones and protects it using a particularly clever method that exasperates hackers: every time a master password is entered, no matter whether it is correct or incorrect, iMobileSitter displays supposed access codes.
Airbag for Smartphones
CeBIT 2012: Fraunhofer SIT presents security solution for smartphones – BizzTrust for Android protects corporate data and pleases users
Fraunhofer SIT and the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) will be presenting a new version of BizzTrust, the user-friendly security solution for smartphones, at CeBIT. BizzTrust protects business data and services on Android smartphones without restricting the ability to use the device privately. The new version also allows private and business contacts to be synchronised separately, and all private activities are highlighted in a different colour. BizzTrust will be demonstrated at CeBIT in Hannover from the 6th to 10th of March (hall 26, stand E08). Any companies interested in the solution will be able to obtain a test version from Fraunhofer SIT following the trade fair. A demo video on BizzTrust is also available on the Internet at http://www.bizztrust.de/en/demo.html.
The German Software Cluster Makes Its Debut at CeBIT
CeBIT in Hannover from March 6th to 10th
Darmstadt/Kaiserslautern/Karlsruhe/Saarbrücken, February 21, 2012 – With numerous exhibits, the German Software Cluster, winner of the German government's Leading-Edge Cluster Competition, will present itself for the first time at CeBIT from 6 to 10 March 2012 in Hanover, Germany.
In Hall 9, Stand F30, visitors can experience the initial results of research projects dealing with the next generation of enterprise software – emergent software – as well as gain insight into the start-up activities and the economic dynamics of the cluster region.
Melanie Volkamer becomes assistant professor for Usable Security
TU Darmstadt appoints young CASED researcher
Darmstadt, February 1st, 2012. The Technische Universität Darmstadt has appointed Dr. Melanie Volkamer Junior professor at the Computer Science Department. With her research group “Security, Usability and Society (SecUso)“ the thirty-one-year-old computer scientist investigates the usability of IT Security mechanisms. Her research concentrates on different fields of applications, such as eCommerce, email encryption and verifiable, electronic voting systems.
Mark Manulis becomes Senior Lecturer at University of Surrey
Following a successful intermediate evaluation of his Junior Professorship Mark Manulis takes over a new position in the Department of Computing der University of Surrey (UK) from February 2012. Appointed as Senior Lecturer he will be building up a research group on applied cryptography and security.
Mark Manulis will remain connected to TU Darmstadt through his roles as PI in CASED and EC-SPRIDE and as Head of the Cryptographic Protocols Group (CRYPO).
SPIE’2011 Best Paper Award for robust audio watermarking
CASED scientists Martin Steinebach, Sascha Zmudzinski and Stefan Nürnberger have been awarded with the Best Paper Award from SPIE’2011 Media Watermarking, Security, and Forensics conference for their paper „Re-Synchronizing audio watermarking after non-linear time stretching“.
The prize is endowed with 1.500 US Dollar and will be awarded at the IS&T/SPIE Electronic Imaging conference 2012 in San Francisco, USA.
Abstract
Digital audio watermarking today is robust to many common attacks, including lossy compression and digital-to-analogue conversion. One robustness and security challenge, still, is time-stretching. This operation speeds up or slows down the playback speed while preserving the tone pitch.
Although inaudible for an uninformed listener if smoothly applied, time-stretching can be confusing for a blind watermark detection algorithm. We introduce a non-blind approach for reconstructing the original timing based on dynamic time warping. Our experiments show that the approach is successful even if non-linear stretching was applied. Our solution can significantly increase the robustness and security of every audio watermarking scheme that is dependent on precise timing conditions at detection time.
Just launched: Master programmes in ICT Innovation
Deadline for applications: February 15th
The EIT ICT Labs Master School now offers two year programmes where you can choose two universities in two different European countries to build a curriculum of your choice based on your skills and interest.
They offer double degrees, which combine technical competence with a set of skills in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. While you get an excellent theoretical education, you also get the opportunity to work with European top research institutes and leading business partners.
- Deadline for applications: February 15th
- Security and Privacy Major