Data Security and Privacy

Lecturer:  Prof. Dr. Frederik Armknecht
Teaching Assistant:  Marcel Mildenberger

Nowadays, users are more and more revealing data to the outside – either willingly as in the context of cloud computing or possibly unconsciously as in the case of the Internet of Things. The aim of this lecture is to raise awareness by showing various security threats, e.g., traces left in the Internet, but also possible countermeasures, e.g., anonymization of data or the use of dedicated encryption schemes.

The final exam is a 90 minute written in-person exam. You may find up-to-date information on the exam schedule at Portal2 Please also check the “My Studies – My registrations” section in your student portal. The regular and re-sit exam dates, respectively, for the current term will be made available as soon as they have been determined by the university administration.

Expertise

Students will acquire the knowledge to identify security threats and to select and use appropriate countermeasures.

Methodological competence

Successful participants will be able to understand state-of-the-art methods of IT-security and cryptography, as well as being able to select, apply, and evaluate the most appropriate techniques for a variety of different security-sensitive scenarios. In particular they are able to realize possible risks in new scenarios and to transfer given solutions to these.

Personal competence

The analytic, concentrated, and precise thinking of the students is trained. By the independent treatment of applications, e.g. in the course of the ex-ercises, their abstraction capacity is further developed and the transfer of the learned material to related questions is trained.

There are no formal prerequisites but knowledge in cryptography or IT-security is recommended, e.g., by attending the lectures “Cryptography I” or “Selected Topics in IT-Security”.

Tentative Agenda (Last update on: 2026-02-09)