Cybercrime is booming! The estimated annual damage caused by cybercrime worldwide is €500 billion.The importance of IT and cyber security is constantly increasing due to the digitalization of all areas of life, work and business.
Internet use in more and more processes and tasks in administration and companies, but also in the private sphere, means that we are highly dependent on functioning information technology and secure information infrastructures.
Ensuring security on the World Wide Web and protecting critical information infrastructures have become existential issues of the 21st century and require a high level of commitment from all stakeholders. Worldwide networks are growing together, so cyber-attacks in other countries can also have an impact on IT security in Germany.
The importance of IT and cyber security is constantly increasing due to the digitalization of all areas of life, work and business on the Internet of Things, the real world is merging with the digital world.
Due to the framework of limited resources in cyber-physical systems on the Internet of Things or sensor networks, traditional security mechanisms, and techniques, such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems, or even anti-virus software, cannot be applied.
Because of their functions, but especially because of their connectivity to computer networks or the Internet, wireless devices are potentially exposed to cyber and hacker attacks. The constraints imposed by limited resources usually have a direct impact on the IT security of these systems. Tried-and-true and partially standardized approaches and procedures often cannot be applied and ensuring protection goals must be adapted to the specific circumstances.
The Internet of Things will have an estimated 50 billion end devices integrated in our everyday lives by 2020. Here, security hinges on the weakest system component, often the sensor node.
Systems are becoming more complex and distributed. This creates a major trust problem. In contrast to consumer technologies, which only have a lifetime of 2 years (cell phone for example), systems are used in the Industrial IoT that are often in use for several decades. In general, the challenge is to enable end-to-end data confidentiality, integrity and authenticity in data communication on the Internet of Things.
• Technology for secure identification and authentication on the Internet of Things
• Feature-based identification
• Methods and procedures for life-cycle management: keys, updates
• Technology consulting and development in the area of cyber security
• Reliable security concepts along information paths Advanced training in the cybersecurity learning lab