Podcast: Nachgehackt

Guest: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christof Paar

To kick things off, Henrik Hanses finds out more about the special field of his first guest: it’s all about cryptography! Prof. Dr. Christof Paar tells us where the origins of the science of information encryption lie, where we encounter cryptography everywhere in everyday life, what “end-to-end encryption” means exactly and what role the science location Bochum plays in the topic of IT security. Sounds exciting – and not at all cryptic? Then just listen to it now.

Guests: Dr. Christian Zenger and Dr. Heiko Koepke (both CEO and Founder of PHYSEC GmbH)

In the second episode of “Nachgehackt” Henrik Hanses meets the two founders of PHYSEC GmbH. The company provides innovative security solutions for critical infrastructure in Germany. The trio talks about Alexa, security in the Internet of Things, digitization in Germany and how private individuals can protect their own data.

Guests: Dr.-Ing. Christian Mainka (Horst-Görtz-Institute for IT-Security and Prof. Dr. Constantin Goschler (Faculty of historical Sciences RUB)

The third episode focuses on the recently frequently used term “cyberwar”. With his guests, Henrik Hanses attempts to define the term “cyberwar” more precisely and to shed light on it from a technical, social and historical perspective.

Guests: Friederike Schneider (Head of Cube 5) and Dr. Matteo Große-Kampmann (CEO & Founder AWARE7 GmbH)

Henrik Hanses welcomes in the fourth episode of “Nachgehackt” Friederike Schneider from the startup incubator Cube 5 and Matteo Große-Kampmann, CEO of the Gelsenkirchen IT security company Aware7 as his guests. They will talk about IT security startups, attacks on IT systems, preventive measures and how important it is to raise awareness of IT security, especially for companies.

Guest: Dr. des. Mary Shnayien (Institute for Media Studies, RUB)

In the fifth episode of “Nachgehackt” we go to the cinema. Henrik Hanses talks to Dr. des. Mary Shnayien (Institute of Media Studies, RUB) about hackers, hacking and computer systems in Hollywood films. And there is a lot to talk about. When was the first real hacking on screen? Are hackers the good guys or the bad guys? Is it all realistic? And can we as viewers learn something about data security?

Guest: Tim  Berghoff, Security Evangelist at G Data
To kick off the second season, Henrik Hanses learns more about IT security myths such as “Nobody cares about me” or “I don’t have anything that could be of interest to anyone” and gets exciting practical tips from security evangelist Tim Berghoff from G Data.

Guest: Carina Boettcher (Product Manager Security Services ETAS)

The seventh episode of “Nachgehackt” is about the Germans’ favorite child, the car. Henrik Hanses talks to product manager Carina Boettcher about cybersecurity in the automotive sector.

Guests: Prof. Dr. Eike Kiltz (Horst-Görtz-Institute for IT Security/ Cluster of Excellence CASA) and Prof. Dr. Peter Schwabe (Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy | Radboud University, Nijmegen)
In the eighth episode of “Nachgehackt” everything revolves around the topic of post-quantum cryptography. What at first sounds like complicated expert knowledge quickly becomes tangible even for newcomers after the preparation by Henrik Hanses together with Eike Kiltz and Peter Schwabe from the Cluster of Excellence CASA. What is cryptography anyway? What can a quantum computer do in contrast to a PC at home? How do you bring the two fields together? How do our guests and the IT security location Bochum have their fingers in the pie?

Guests: Caroline Lindekamp (Correctiv) and Prof. Dr. Robert Nickel (Professor for Electrical Engineering / Bucknell University, Lewisburg)

The ninth episode of “Nachgehackt” has the motto: Nachgehackt – Nachgechecked. Henrik Hanses talks to Caroline Lindekamp from Correctiv’s fact-checking team and AI expert Robert Nickel from Bucknell University about the vast subject of fake news. What is fake news anyway? By what mechanisms do they spread? What makes them dangerous? What’s behind Donald Trump’s conspiracy and the “Big Lie”? And what actually helps: fact checks, crowdworking or the use of AI?

Guest: Alpha Barry (IT expert and CEO secida AG)

How can users make their private and professional access to the digital world more secure? What measures are particularly important to create a secure working environment in the home office or to minimise the risk when banking online? What exactly is a jailbreak and what impact does it have on the security of a device? In this episode, Henrik Hanses talks to Alpha Barry (IT expert and CEO secida AG) to address these questions and other important aspects of IT security. The basic appeal of the conversation is: IT security starts with yourself!