Always on the Cutting Edge: Research Projects From genua
In the field of IT security, there is often no direct path to the goal. The problems are usually complex and a great deal of know-how, experience and persistence are required to find intelligent solutions. But this is precisely what excites us – and the research results enable the development of useful innovations time and again to better safeguard modern information technology.
To find truly good solutions, it is often useful to bundle various competences, perspectives and resources. It is for this reason that genua participates in research projects: Here, we work together with universities, research institutes and other companies to solve fundamental problems in the area of IT security. Participants exchange and discuss know-how, with all sides benefiting from the collectively produced results. The sponsored projects thereby make an important contribution to the transfer of knowledge and strengthen Germany as a research and business location.
Trusted Clouds for Public Authorities
VerSeCloud
In the VerSeCloud project, genua and its project partners, Kernkonzept from Dresden, the University of Potsdam and the Technical University of Munich, are developing a future-proof, reliable and secure virtualization solution for security-critical cloud applications.
In addition to the solid and secure technical basis, formal methods are used to mathematically prove the security properties of microkernels and drivers.
The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Duration: April 2021 to March 2024
Further information about the project
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
VERSECLOUD – Trusted virtualized cloud environments for security-critical applications
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En Route TO THE INTELLIGENT FIREWALL
WINTERMUTE
As consortium leader in the WINTERMUTE research project, genua worked with partners from industry and science to develop new IT security technologies for improved control and shielding of complex and dynamic communication networks against cyber attacks. The project focused on AI-supported situation assessment to enforce security and improve user-friendliness in network management.
The project partners were the Human-Technology Interaction working group at the University of Bremen, the Chair of Privacy and Security in Information Systems at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg, the Chair of Computer Science III (Communication Networks) at the University of Würzburg as academic partners, acs plus GmbH and IsarNet Software Solutions GmbH.
The project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the project sponsor was the VDI/VDE.
Duration: May 2020 to June 2023
Further information about the project
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
WINTERMUTE – AI-supported situation assessment, rule creation and enforcement of security in complex networks (German article)
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Project page – Wintermute Blog (German only)
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QUANTUM-SAFE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS
QuaSiModO
Quantum computers are expected to soon solve highly complex computational tasks extremely quickly. They therefore already pose a threat to current encryption algorithms. In the research project QuaSiModO (Quantum-Safe VPN Modules and Operation Modes), new quantum-resistant algorithms were studied, tested and implemented in VPN standards and VPN implementations.
genua was the coordinator of the collaboration; project partners included ADVA Optical Networking SE, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich as well as Fraunhofer AISEC.
The project was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Duration: September 2019 to August 2022
Further information about the project
Insights
New Research Project QuaSiModO Starts
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Projectpage QuaSiModO
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research
QuaSiModO: Quantum-Safe virtual private networks (German article)
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Magazine: Spektrum der Wissenschaft
Quantum Cryptography: Race against the big code-breaker (German article)
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