Net2DG - Leveraging Networked Data for the Digital Electricity Grid

Net2DG (Leveraging Networked Data for the Digital Electricity Grid) is a joint effort by eight European partners to develop a proof-of-concept solution for leveraging measurement data from smart meters and smart inverters in low-voltage (LV) grids. The Net2DG solution correlates these data with information from existing DSO subsystems, in order to enable and develop novel LV grid observability applications for voltage quality, grid operation efficiency, and LV grid outage diagnosis.

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Cebit 2016 - Cyber Security Konferenz

Conference Summary: GIC@CeBIT 2016
European Cyber Security Conference at CeBIT 2016

Organized by the Global Industry Club GIC, March 14, 2016, Hannover, Germany

„Cyber Security is a societal debate“ or „The glass is always half full…“

The multi-facets of cyber security became obvious during the first day of CeBIT 2016 in Hannover, Germany during the well attended European Cyber Security Conference, organized by the Global Industry Club. The participants could listen to five high-profile keynote presentations and contribute during four parallel workshops. A lively podium finalized the event. Gabriele Rittinghaus, the event initiator, was very satisfied with the results: “Being present on the first day of CeBIT with such an important topic is a huge opportunity and obligation at the same time.”

Logo in4com (in4com.de)

The paramount penetration and use of Internet technologies in our day to day life demands for adequate consideration of security, safety, and dependability requirements as well as social control. As the founder of in4com, Manfred Reitenspiess is focused on analyzing and promoting the secure application of information and communication technologies respecting digital civil rights. Over more than 35 years he worked on national and international level with market and opinion leaders from industry, standards, government, and science on the design, development, and deployment of security functions.

in4com stands for "Industrial Integration In Information and Communications" - the notion dates back to the turn of the century when 3G was widely introduced, UMTS blinked on the horizon, and a tremendous hype around communications and the integration with information technologies started off. As we know now, this was just the initial hype of many more which followed.  The need for an industrial approach to the use of IT and communications has never been bigger than today - we assume in 10 years from now this will still be true.

Manfred joined Fujitsu (then Fujitsu Siemens Computers) in 2000. Till 2014, when he founded in4com, he held a number of positions, mostly working on international level with global customer companies and peer units. His focus activities were
- development, promotion and sales of high-availability middle-ware,
- representing Fujitsu in standards gremia and EU research projects,
- business development for international major accounts,
- business development and sales of cloud based mobility solutions with a close eye on telematics applications.

The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is the central IT security service provider for the German government. By its basic research within the area of IT security it takes responsibility for the security of our society, and is thus indispensable to the internal security of Germany.

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is an EU agency created to advance the functioning of the internal market. ENISA is a centre of excellence for the European Member States and European institutions in network and information security, giving advice and recommendations and acting as a switchboard of information for good practices. Moreover, the agency facilitates contacts between the European institutions, the Member States and private business and industry actors.

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Committee on Dependable Computing and Fault-Tolerance and IFIP Working Group 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance, Dependability.org has been created as a central source on the Web for information on dependable systems technology. 

The Security - Protection and Reliability division (Fachbereich Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit) of the German Computer Society (Gesellschaft für Informatik GI) acts as a forum for all specialists active on topics of security, safety, dependability (reliability, availability). Special interest groups (SIGs) support scientific work as well as the exchange of ideas between science and industry. The cross-over characteristic of security topics is reflected in the divisional organization providing the basis for cross-functional work-groups, conferences and other joint activities between the SIGs, but also with other divisions, industrial partners and society in general.

Manfred was founding member of the division, which started in 2001, and was its elected speaker 2001 - 2006.

The Service Availability Forum™ is a consortium of industry-leading communications and computing companies working together to develop and publish high availability and management software interface specifications.  The SA Forum then promotes and facilitates specification adoption by the industry.

Manfred was elected president in 2004 and supported the Forum work in a number of roles (business model, use model, board member etc) over the years.

HIDENETS Highly Dependable IP Based Networks and Services

The aim of the HIDENETS project (Highly Dependable IP Based Networks and Services, click here for a summary) was to develop and analyze end-to-end resilience solutions for distributed applications and mobility-aware services in ubiquitous communication scenarios. Technical solutions have been developed for applications with critical dependability requirements in the context of selected use-cases of ad-hoc car-to-car communication with infrastructure service support.