OMNISECURE

The annual OMNISECURE is a central platform with approximately 400 visitors, where innovative security concepts for the digitization of society and industry are presented and discussed. The main topics at OMNISECURE this year are once again digital identities and the security required for them.

Fraunhofer AISEC is once again a partner of the event this year. Our cybersecurity experts will contribute their expertise in lectures and panel discussions.

January 19, 1:25 p.m.: FORUM 3-A | LECTURES - Administrative leap

A paradigm shift is needed to improve and simplify administrative services and government offerings for citizens and businesses. We will not reduce bureaucracy; on the contrary, bureaucratic rules will continue to increase (due to new technologies, greater networking, globalization, and improvements in fairness). What we need, however, are technologies that enable us to meet bureaucratic requirements and implement them easily, e.g., using AI.

With:

• Paul Friedrich (moderator), Verwaltungssprung
• Prof. Dr. Marian Margraf, Institute for Computer Science / Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin & Head of Secure Systems Engineering, Fraunhofer AISEC
• Lea-Roxanne Muth, WiMi / AG Information Security, Freie Universität Berlin
• Peter Thoamsen, Verwaltungssprung

January 19, 4:55 p.m.: FORUM 6-A | LECTURES - Post-Quantum Cryptography

With:

• Prof. Dr. Marian Margraf, Institute for Computer Science / Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin & Head of Secure Systems Engineering, Fraunhofer AISEC
• Dr. Heike Hagemeier, Cybersecurity Research Officer, Federal Ministry of the Interior BMI
• Prof. Dr. Daniel Loebenberger, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Media and Computer Science, East Bavarian Technical University (OTH) Amberg-Weiden & Head of Secure Infrastructure, Fraunhofer AISEC
• Niklas Müller

January 19, 6:10 p.m.: FORUM 7-A | KEYNOTE + DIALOGUE - Generative AI: A curse or a blessing for cybersecurity?

Generative AI is profoundly changing the cybersecurity landscape: it opens up new possibilities for attack detection, automated analysis processes, and secure software development, but at the same time also creates new vulnerabilities, dynamics, and dependencies. After a brief introduction, the panel will address the question of how AI can be used in a trustworthy, secure, and sovereign manner and what political, technical, and organizational framework conditions are necessary for this.

The focus will be on the challenges of digital sovereignty: from the importance of secure software and open standards to the role of open source and the question of what alternatives we need to highly concentrated cloud and AI infrastructures. The discussion will also cover aspects of technological resilience in an increasingly geopolitically charged world: How resilient would our digital foundations be if central services or global providers suddenly failed? What responsibility do the state, business, and science share in addressing these risks?

A brief look at current work, e.g., from the German Academy of Science and Engineering acatech, shows how interdisciplinary cooperation can help bring innovation and security together. The aim of the session is to provide guidance: What options for action are available today, what should be done, and what should be avoided? And how can Germany and Europe shape technological innovations in such a way that they promote economic strength, security, and sovereignty at the same time?

With:

• Prof. Dr. Claudia Eckert, President of acatech – German Academy of Science and Engineering & Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security AISEC
• Dr. Stephan Klein (moderator), CEO, Governikus GmbH & Co. KG

January 20, 3:00 p.m.: FORUM 13-A | LECTURES - Chip attacks on wallet prototypes and countermeasures

eID systems – such as EUDI Wallet – must also be available on smartphones for widespread usability. We demonstrate chip attacks on smartphone crypto mechanisms, such as those used in wallet prototypes. However, security chips in smartphones can also be designed to be interoperable and securely certified through new technical standards such as GP CSP and GP SAM, so that these attack scenarios can be permanently countered.

With:

• Dr. Dominik Klein (moderator), Speaker, TK11 Secure Semiconductor Technologies Division, Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
• Dr. Nisha Jacob Kabakci, Deputy Head of Department Hardware Security, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security AISEC
• Annegret Schöffel, D 13 - Chip Technologies and eID Technologies for Mobile Platforms, Federal Office for Information Security BSI

January 20, 3:00 p.m.: FORUM 13-C | LECTURES - Zero Trust

This session describes security accreditation, citing relevant legal requirements and regulations as well as the responsible authorities. It will present the current situation in the field of security accreditation and specific challenges that require, among other things, the adaptation of processes and justify the use of resources in this area. Current activities in the field of security accreditation will be explained and the desired vision in this context will be presented.

With:

• Prof. Dr. Marian Margraf, Institute for Computer Science / Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin & Head of Secure Systems Engineering, Fraunhofer AISEC
• Lt. Col. Heiko Andreas Ihlhoff, Head of the IT Baseline Protection Fundamentals and Regulations Division, Competence Center for Information Security at the Center for Digitalization of the German Armed Forces
• Sandra Karger, Division S 16 State of the Art, Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)
• Axel Munde, Advisor, currently Federal Ministry of the Interior / future Federal Ministry for Digital and Governmental Modernization

January 21, 11:35 a.m.: FORUM 19-B | LECTURES - Technological sovereignty for future technologies

Influence of the US and China, relation to infrastructure and government work

With:

• Prof. Dr. Marian Margraf, Institute for Computer Science / Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin & Head of Secure Systems Engineering, Fraunhofer AISEC
• Franziska Granc, Senior Project Manager, Nimbus Technologieberatung GmbH
• Jens Klessmann, Head of Digital Public Services DPS, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems FOKUS
• Lilly Schmidt, Senior Consultant, Nortal AG