Source: TU Braunschweig
From November 3 to November 14, 2025, the IT Security Awareness Days will take place for the tenth time. During these two weeks, a total of 18 online lectures on the topic of IT security will be held. These are organized by various universities.
The following institutions are involved (although not always with their own presentations): TU Braunschweig, TU Darmstadt, TU Dresden, University of Hildesheim, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, University of Göttingen/GWDG, University of Marburg, University of Osnabrück, Leuphana University Lüneburg, University of Duisburg-Essen, University of Cologne, and Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences.
The Agenda
November 3, 2025
11am: IT Security in Homeoffice (Arne Windeler)
2pm: 11 Golden Rules of Information Security (Christian Böttger)
November 4, 2025
10am: Essential Guide to Email Security and Phishing (EN) (Susan Roesner)
2pm: Beware of traps! Hackers, Thieves, Social Engineers (Holger Beck)
November 5, 2025
10am: Messenger – Data Protection and Information Security (Holger Beck)
11am: Data Protection in Research Projects (Stephan Rehfeld)
2pm: The 4×4 Most Important Security Mistakes (Christian Böttger)
November 6, 2025
10am: Information Security 101 (EN) (Susan Roesner)
2pm: Once Upon a Time… IT Security (Andreas Leder)
November 10, 2025
10am: Attacks by Internal Perpetrators Using Hardware (Tobias Scheible)
11am: Phishing Simulations at TU Braunschweig (Arne Windeler)
November 11, 2025
10am: Handling Passwords (Christian Böttger)
November 12, 2025
11am: Pitfalls of Everyday Life (Bernhard Brandel)
2pm: Dangers of Email and How to Defend Against Them (Christian Böttger)
November 13, 2025
11am: Ransomware Case Study: Emotet/Quakbot (Christian Böttger)
November 14, 2025
10am: AI and Security (Jan-Ulrich Holtgrave)
11am: Dangers Posed by Malicious USB Hardware (Tobias Scheible)
2pm: Safe Surfing – The “Best Of” Privacy Add-Ons (Irmi Bolt)
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, no registration is required to participate. Participants from other universities are also welcome to attend these events. All lectures will be held in a dedicated Webex conference room. Further details on the individual lectures and participation can be found on the TU Braunschweig website.
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