Senior researcher Johanna Ullrich has been interviewed by Austrian Broadcasting (ORF). In the TV show Eco, she explained how smart devices like fridges, heating and air condition have the potential to cause power grid blackouts in a concerted fashion. The show can be watched in ORF’s TVthek by Thursday.

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Artificial Intelligence – certainly one of the most hyped topics of our time– will be at the heart of this year´s event. In this connection we are proud to announce a keynote of writer Karl Olsberg on “Artificial Intelligence and Human Stupidity”. The subsequent plenary discussion will pick up on different perspectives and shed light on myth and reality.

Dimitris Simos was invited to join the editorial board of the SN Operations Research Forum (ORFO) journal published and distributed by Springer Nature.

SN Operations Research Forum is a journal that serves the Operations Research community by addressing a broad range of topics, perspectives, methodologies, and industry applications to foster communication among academics and practitioners, theory and application, and a variety of disciplines (e.g., applied mathematics, computer science, business and economics, and engineering).

Smart & Secure

“How does the internet work, which potential risks am I facing and how can I avert threats?”
SBA was invited to point out the most common security issues in the course of the security awareness initiative at TGM. The permanent accessibility of internet via smartphones comes with a number of potential hazards. Students established a baseline understanding about security and privacy through interactive workshops with Stephanie Jakoubi, Philipp Reisinger, Markus Hittmeir, Matthias Eckhart and Christian Kudera.

Five key take-aways were defined:

Rethink what you share -> once online, forever online

Rethink which pages you surf -> browser privacy mode does not protect you from malware and cyber attacks

Stay updated -> software updates help strengthen your security

Make sure to use encrypted connections -> this is the only way to enhance privacy , e.g. via https

Give attackers and criminals a hard time -> use long and complex passwords

The Austrian Cyber Security chapter and the Counter Intelligence Office are inviting young IT talents to apply for this year´s challenge. The competition strives to spot talents at an early stage, to point out perspectives and support careers in the field of IT security. Last year over 600 participants showed off their talent in the areas of web, crypto, reverse engineering, exploitation and forensic.

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Corinna’s research interests focus on topics in the area of Internet of Things (IoT) including issues such as constrained networks, security and privacy issues, as well as mobile communication (e.g., IEEE 802.15.4, LoRaWAN) and network management. The investigated application area ranges from smart environments over critical infrastructures to military environments. For a small insight-glimpse see SecureWSN.

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Philipp Reisinger gives a talk “Don´t reinvent the wheel for OT-Security” at the Digital Safety + Cyber Security Conference at Novomatic Forum on May 8, 2019.

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Stefan Jakoubi & Günther Roat are leading a deep dive session on digitalisation and information security on the CIO Inside Summit, taking place from May 5-7, 2019 in Spielberg, Styria.