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What are the implications of smart video surveillance for data protection?
Video cameras designed to use facial recognition to identify criminals, terrorists or other individuals of concern are already in use on a trial basis at Berlin Südkreuz railway station. This project of the German Ministry of the Interior has sparked fierce controversy around the questions of the legal basis for the use of smart video surveillance and its implications for data protection.
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What is Privacy by Design?
It always used to be the case that data protection was at the bottom of the pile when it came to software development. Privacy by Design is now set to change this. Thanks to the General Data Protection Regulation, this principle is even going to be mandatory for companies as of 25 May 2018. Jörg Schlißke explains what's behind the concept and how it will improve data protection for users.
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The truth about fake news
Fake news is now so well camouflaged that, to the untrained eye, it’s very difficult to recognise it as fabricated. But what exactly is fake news? How do false reports spread, and how can you identify them? Dirk Kretzschmar answers these questions in #explore.
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What is Security by Design?
Software, hardware and security are subjects that have always been very closely linked. And yet, in the light of increasing networking with the Internet, they will have to dovetail even more closely in the future if protection is to be guaranteed.
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What are the Common Criteria?
Against the backdrop of an increasingly networked world and the need for ever greater security in the field of IT, the Common Criteria (CC) are growing in importance.
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WannaCry: What you need to know about the cyber-attack
The cyber-attack with the ransomware known as "WannaCry" has since 12 May been infecting computers throughout the world with a crypto-trojan which encrypts and then locks the data of the affected computers. Dirk Kretzschmar answers the most pressing questions in #explore.
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Digital Society Institute: Research to improve IT security
Security policy, cyber security, data protection and privacy: these are issues close to Isabel Skierka’s heart.
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Deutsche Telekom cyber-attacks
In this interview, Dirk Kretzschmar, Managing Director of TÜViT, explains how and why the networks were brought down and what his company can offer for effective protection against such threats from cyberspace.
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What is a "good" hacker?
Cyber attacks are an increasing threat to private individuals, companies and government agencies alike – the consequences can be immense. To avoid these, TÜViT experts uncover vulnerabilities and provide security.
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