Usable and secure digital identities

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Usable and secure digital identities

Identification, authentication, and authorization of users are essential for cybersecurity in modern public and private digital ecosystems. After introducing the Research Institute CODE of the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, the presentation discusses ongoing research topics on digital identities.

Date/Time

Location

Pilestredet 35, Ellen Gleditschs hus: PI447

The presentation explains:

  • Attack methods and studies; how users are tricked into revealing credentials or installing malware; awareness designs and incident reporting.
  • Authentication methods: Including risk based authentication; introduction of an account dashboard to analyze security and accessibility risks.
  • European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI): New means to identify and authenticate users.
  • Service providers’ data practices: Data stored at signup and during account use; variability across services.
  • GDPR Article 15 – right of access: Examples of data subject access requests and responses; how these reveal the use of risk based authentication.
  • Cyber situational awareness: Applying it to identity management systems to understand and anticipate threats.

Bio 

Daniela Pöhn is a senior researcher at the Research Institute Cyber Defence and Smart Data (RI CODE) and the University of the Bundeswehr Munich in Neubiberg, Germany.

Her research is primarily focused on identity management and social engineering. 

In her role as a research assistant at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, she was active in the EU GÉANT project and doing her doctorate in parallel at

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München on the subject of dynamic identity management in federations. 

She did her habilitation on digital identities at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich.