Welcome at the Chair of Privacy and Security

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We work on all aspects of technical data protection and network and IT security. We are primarily interested in privacy, i.e. the protection of individuals against the misuse of their data.

Over the past decades, digital technologies have developed rapidly. The advent of digital transformation and the interconnectivity of all areas of life opens up a wealth of new possibilities. Autonomous networked vehicles, cloud computing, industry 4.0, virtual reality with haptic feedback, online banking or social networks are just a few keywords that are changing the way and quality of life. However, this development also brings with it a number of challenges that people often do not immediately grasp, but which may well conflict with their interests. Our research group is engaged in the development and analysis of security concepts that protect from all types of potential attackers on such systems. We are also interested in the development of technologies that promote data protection in order to protect privacy in the digital world. Finally, we develop protocols and algorithms to secure the underlying infrastructures for communication and computation.

We are part of the KASTEL Security Research Labs, as well as the excellence cluster CeTI, the Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop.

News

Prof. Lam Kwok Yan visiting KASTEL

On March 6, Prof. Lam Kwok Yan, Director of the Digital Trust Center in Singapore and Vice President of Nanyang Technological University, visited the KASTEL Security Research Labs in Karlsruhe. After presentations by the SECUSO research group which focuses on the human factor in IT security, the chair of Privacy and Security has shown parts of its ongoing research. Here, we demonstrated the risks attached to smart cities and their diverse and ubiquitous sensors. The data collected by various sensors is shown live on our demonstrator, providing an accessible visualization.

Article on the KASTEL site
Helmholtz visit at KASTEL

On February 29, Mr. Ioannis Legouras, head of the Brussels Office of the Helmholtz Association, visited KASTEL in Karlsruhe. In addition to a presentation by the Chair of Cryptography and Security about new approaches to securely process sensitive information, he was also given a demonstration of current research at the Chair of Privacy and Security. Here, we demonstrated the risks that arise in Smart Cities, as sensors collect more and a wider variety of data about citizens.

Article on the KASTEL site
Prof. Mathias Fischer invited to Karlsruhe

We are looking forward to having Prof. Mathias Fischer from the University of Hamburg (UHH) as a guest on February 9. As part of the lecture “Resilient Networking”, he will give a talk about Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), and present advanced methods to detect attacks as well as recent research results.

The lecture will take place 9th of February, 2024, at 9:45 in room 301.

Prof. Fischer’s profile (UHH)
Prof. Strufe in Hamburg

On January 22nd, 2024, Prof. Strufe was invited to the University of Hamburg (UHH). In his talk “(Not so) Private in the Metaverse” he talks about data protection and privacy in Extended Reality, and why advertised methods of anonymization and pseudonymization are not sufficient to protect the users. He also presents recent results from studies conducted by the Privacy and Security chair.

Information on the UHH website

 

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