Secure systems

Information security deals with principles and measures to protect information systems and the data processed on them from unauthorized access and manipulation. The spectrum ranges from network security and application security to compliance with laws and contracts in information technology.

Data protection complements this specialist area with the legally compliant handling of personal data. The aim of data protection is to guarantee the personal rights of the people concerned when processing information. This includes, in particular, the rights to informational self-determination (1983) and digital privacy (2008) postulated by the German Federal Constitutional Court and the right to data protection in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

A tag cloud with the focal points in the field of secure systems — Focal points in the field of secure systems

Our key areas of expertise

Development of an information security management system according to ISO 27000
Development of a data protection management system in accordance with GDPR and BDSG / LDSG
Identification and evaluation of risks in information technology
Data protection-compliant research
Documentation and reporting in data protection
Data protection in medicine and healthcare
Penetration testing and white-hat hacking
Digital forensics: securing traces at the digital crime sceneMaintenance systems

Our teaching

The following courses, among others, are supported by the department

Data Protection and Data Security (IG, DSM)
Information Security (Master IS)
Elective subject Digital Forensics (INF, WF)
Elective subject Information Security (INF, WF, IG, DSM)
Elective subject Information Security Management (ICEP)
Elective subject Penetration Testing / Ethical Hacking (INF, WF)
Distributed Systems and Information Security (INF)

Our equipment

The department uses the computer networks laboratory, which is separated from the campus network by an internal firewall and also allows security-sensitive laboratory exercises to be carried out.