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Darmstadt, August 5, 2011
MONA makes the new personal ID card mobile
Researchers at the TU Darmstadt are turning mobile phones into card readers with the help of an innovative application
Scientists at the TU Darmstadt in the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) have developed the first mobile eID application, which is called “MONA”, for the new personal ID cards. Instead of a computer and card reader, users with the new personal ID cards will only need a modern smartphone in future for providing secure electronic identification. The scientists are hoping to release the first version of this software, which was developed within the scope of a project initiated by Deutsche Telekom Laboratories in cooperation with T-Systems and the company media transfer AG, over the next few months during the course of an open source project. They then want to further develop the application for different kinds of smartphones, such as Android mobiles, together with programmers who interested in getting involved.
June 27, 2011
The success story continues - Hessen extends CASED support until 2014
The LOEWE center for IT security in Darmstadt is among the winners of the second phase of the excellence program
The State of Hessen is extending its support of the LOEWE Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) until 2014. The Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts confirmed that the research center for IT security will receive a further 13.4 million euros over the next three years. Experts and politicians have therefore corroborated the immense success of CASED, which is currently one of the largest research centers for IT security in Europe with around 170 scientists from a wide range of disciplines.
June 21, 2011
Double success for IT security
Scientists from Technische Universität Darmstadt receive Heisenberg and Horst Görtz Foundation Professorships
Two scientists at CASED, the research center for IT security in Darmstadt, were awarded highly coveted sponsorship for their outstanding accomplishments: Prof. Dr. Stefan Katzenbeisser assumed his Horst Görtz Foundation professorship on May 1, 2011. Dr. Marc Fischlin has held the Heisenberg professorship at the TU Darmstadt since June 2011.
June 20, 2011
Careless Behaviour of Cloud Users Leads to Crucial Security Threats
CASED scientists find sensitive data of Amazon Web Services users
Scientists from the Darmstadt Research Center for Advanced Security (CASED) have discovered major security vulnerabilities in numerous virtual machines published by customers of Amazon’s cloud. From 1100 public Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), that are used to provide cloud services, about 30 percent are vulnerable, allowing attackers to manipulate or compromise web services or virtual infrastructures. The main reason lies in the careless and error-prone manner in which Amazon’s customers handle and deploy AMIs. CASED scientists have developed a vulnerability scanner for virtual machines that customers create to run on Amazon’s infrastructure. It can be freely downloaded at http://trust.cased.de/AMID.
February 28, 2011
TU Darmstadt awarded with funding for Competency Center for IT Security Research
Center “EC-SPRIDE“ will focus on Security and Privacy by Design
Picture: Katrin Binner
The Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt) has been awarded with funding to establish the competency center “EC-SPRIDE” by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The new center’s objective is protecting information technology users against fraud, misuse, sabotage and spying.
February 4, 2011
Two years: LOEWE Research Center CASED
An ever-increasing number of applications are demanding increasingly complex IT security solutions – personal data needs to be protected against unauthorized access, our computers need protecting against malware, and corporate secrets need to remain a secret. In order to meet these challenges, the Minister for Science and the Arts in Hessen, Eva Kühne-Hörmann, opened the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) two years ago
December 9, 2010
Security for the “eye in the sky”
CASED develops secure communication and image processing for flying models
Aerial pictures of large sporting events, such as the Olympic Games, provide television viewers with spectacular perspectives. Scientists at the TU Darmstadt in the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) have developed a flying model that may enable television channels to dispense with real helicopters in future.
December 2, 2010
New security technology tested in courts of law
Realistic negotiations predict the effects of future security technologies
Computer scientists from the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) will participate in simulated court cases together with judges, lawyers and legal experts on Thursday and Friday (2.-3.12.) in Darmstadt. The simulation of various legal cases should enable the experts to gather experience with current and future technologies in a realistic and protected environment, while both the technology and the legal rules are still capable of being shaped.
November 3, 2010
Hacking also needs to be learned
The TU Darmstadt utilizes hacker methods in its IT security course/usd AG from Langen funds doctoral scholarship
During the so-called “Hacker Apprenticeship” at the TU Darmstadt, students learn the latest methods and strategies that are being used by computer hackers. The “Hacker Apprenticeship”, which is part of the Master’s Degree in IT security, should help the graduates to block real hacker attacks in future.
Darmstadt, April 21, 2010
New Master’s Program in “IT Security” at the TU Darmstadt
Invitation to an informational event on May 4, 2010
Persons interested in the new Master’s Degree in IT Security at the TU Darmstadt can obtain further information during an informational event on May 4, 2010. The demand for qualified IT security specialists is great, as the IT security sector continues to grow, even during periods of economic crisis. Applications for the winter semester can be submitted from May 1. to July 15.
Darmstadt, November 17, 2009
Darmstadt researcher receives award
Dissertation paper on the security of electronic voting systems praised
Melanie Volkamer, a computer scientist from Darmstadt, receives the Koblenz University Prize for her dissertation on the IT security of electronic voting systems. Dr. Volkamer performed postdoctoral research at the Darmstadt University of Technology and the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED), an IT security research cluster in Darmstadt.
Darmstadt, September 17, 2009
Software Cluster picks up momentum
State issues grant to the IHK / Financing for the development of the Cluster in the region secured for three years
The Software Cluster Rhein Main Neckar, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Darmstadt Rhein Main Neckar, The Darmstadt University of Technology (TU) and corporate partners have been provided with a secure financial basis for the next three years: the spokespersons of the Software Cluster, Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchmann from the TU Darmstadt and Dr. Roland Lentz from the IHK Darmstadt, received confirmation of their grant in the amount of 345,000 Euros on Thursday, September 17, 2009, from the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transport and Urban and Rural Development. Steffen Saebisch (FDP), State Secretary of the Hessian Ministry of Economics, handed over the official confirmation.
Darmstadt, September 17, 2009
Art at CASED
Photography exhibition on the 23. September 2009
The Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) is inviting visitors to view the work of the photographer Börje Müller during a vernissage on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
Darmstadt/Bonn, August 20, 2009
Secure encryption for electronic ID cards
Researchers from CASED and the BSI provide proof of the security provided by the PACE procedure
In the future, communication between electronic ID cards and scanners will be protected using, amongst other things, the encryption procedure “Password-Authentication-Connection-Establishment (PACE)”. The research group of Marc Fischlin at the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED), together with the experts Jens Bender and Dennis Kügler from the Federal Office for Information Technology Security (BSI), has proven that PACE provides the highest level of security, from a cryptographic perspective. The results will be presented during the International Information Security Conference 2009 in Pisa.
Darmstadt, June 5, 2009
IT security: Promoting dialog
First ISPRAT Science Day at CASED in Darmstadt
On Thursday, 25. June 2009, members of “Forschungsgemeinschaft für Interdisziplinäre Studien zu Politik, Recht Administration und Technologie (ISPRAT – Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies on Politics, Legal Administration and Technology) got together for the first ISPRAT Science Day at CASED – the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt. The objective of this get-together was to promote dialog between ISPRAT members and experts from the areas of science, business and administration and provide those scientists, who are receiving support from ISPRAT, with the opportunity to present their projects to the research community.
Darmstadt, June 5, 2009
IT security location Darmstadt
CASED and the Federal Office for Information Technology Security (BSI) seal their collaboration with a cooperation agreement.
The Darmstadt University of Technology and the Federal Office for Information Technology Security (BSI) have concluded a cooperation agreement in order to intensify their successful collaboration. This cooperation will be implemented in the Science, Research and Training departments of the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED).
Increase the level of IT security in German society
The scientists from CASED and experts from the BSI will work together on research projects in order to increase IT security levels in German society. The Darmstadt University of Technology and the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT are already successfully working together with the BSI, for example, on the development of electronic ID cards.
Darmstadt, June 3, 2009
„Security against Quantum Mechanical Adversaries"
The CASED Distinguished Lecture Series at TU Darmstadt
On Thursday, 4th June 2009 Professor Renato Renner from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at ETH Zurich informs about „Security against Quantum Mechanical Adversaries”. His talk is part of the CASED Distinguished Lecture Series and it is held from 4.15 p.m. to 5.45 p.m. in room C110 of the Piloty-building S2|02), Hochschulstraße 10.
Darmstadt, November 5, 2008
TU successful in LOEWE-Excellence Sponsorship
This coming Friday, November 7, official notification for the Hessian Excellence sponsorship will be presented by Minister Silke Lautenschläger in a ceremony. At the same time, the ceremony is the kick-off for the new security center CASED.
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Darmstadt, October 24, 2008
TU researchers awarded for innovative signature algorithm
Buchmann and Dahmen successful at the German IT Security Prize
Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchmann and Erik Dahmen from the department of theoretical informatics at the TU Darmstadt were awarded second place in the German IT Security Prize today October 24. The award is connected with 60,000 euros prize money.
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