NEW training courses on the subject of e-mail
+++ Revised training concept +++
There are regular warnings about so-called "phishing" attacks at RPTU. But what do "phishing" e-mails actually mean? Why do we receive these emails and how dangerous are they really? What is the best way to protect yourself against them? In just over an hour, you will be fully informed, made aware of the dangers and trained in protective measures for safe handling. Afterwards, you will know what to do to avoid risks and how to act in the event of damage so that you can get through your day-to-day electronic work more easily and securely.
Building on the e-mail phishing training, the second part will deal more specifically with user certificates, signatures, encryption, etc. In addition to short theoretical parts, in which you will be fully informed, made aware of current dangers and trained in protective measures for secure handling, you will receive small practical parts with "live hacking" and "hands-on lab" insight into the real system. After the training, you can not only apply for your own personal user certificate, but also integrate it directly on site and receive assistance with problems or questions.
NEXT DATES:
Email phishing 17.06.2025 from 13-14 h - online
Email phishing 18.06.2025 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. - online
Secure e-mail communication with S/MIME 24.06.2025 from 13-15 - hybrid #KL
Secure e-mail communication with S/MIME 26.06.2025 from 10-12 a.m. - hybrid #LD
Please register via the RHRZ seminar offer https://courses.rz.rptu.de. You will be sent the access data for the video conference after successful registration. Please be online on time on the day of the training.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Information Security team (for contact details see rptu.de/informationssicherheit).
Internal training
Individual training in the workplace!
Would you like to use your time efficiently and continue your training on current topics in the world of work flexibly and from any location? Then the GoodHabitz online training platform offers you the best opportunity to enrich your knowledge.
This offer includes free access to all GoodHabitz online training courses for all employees at RPTU. After successfully completing your course, you can prove that you have increased your knowledge with certificates of participation or certificates.
You can find a PDF file with further information here: https://seafile.rlp.net/f/e919ab9fd0ac48f49615/
You can access the offer directly here (log in with your RHRK account): https://my.goodhabitz.com/sso/uni-kl
Enter "information security" in the search field in GoodHabitz
and start your personal online course.
RPTU Government IT security training
Announcement
At the beginning of May 2025, across-location, freely bookable course on
"Information Security" was published in the OpenOlat catalog at RPTU
.
Description
This course, designed by the government IT security training - BITS for short - is aimed at employees and staff as well as members of the RPTU and all other interested parties.
The course is not only intended to impart knowledge, but also to encourage people to think about their own habits and perhaps even change them, to actively engage with the topics and to implement the recommended measures.
Learning objectives
The course is divided into 10 lessons of different lengths. The breakdown is as follows and can be found on the left:
- Lesson E-Mails
- Lesson Viruses
- Lesson Passwords
- Lesson Surfing the Internet
- Confidential data lesson
- Lesson Social Media
- Lesson Cloud
- Lesson Mobile devices
- My workplace lesson
- Lesson AI - Artificial intelligence
In principle, the chapters are more or less coordinated with each other, but you can also read and work through them in your own order and thus topic-related.
Prerequisites
There are no specific prerequisites that must be fulfilled in order to attend the course.
Certificate
There are usually a few test questions at the end of each chapter for self-assessment. These self-tests are not graded.
However, there is a final test at the end of the entire course at the latest, which must be passed with over 80% in order to receive an OLAT certificate.
Link
https://olat.vcrp.de/url/RepositoryEntry/4816273580
External training courses
Continuing education outside the box
Digital consultation hour at Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences
Since October 2024, a digital consultation hour with Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Knopper has been held every Monday at 11:15 a.m. in the online lecture hall BigBlueButton for university members, in which, in addition to a relaxed exchange about the digital services and projects at our university, there will also (usually) be a small lecture or workshop on a current topic in the field of digitization, AI and/or IT security.
hs-kl.de/hochschule/profil/digitalisierung/digitale-sprechstunde-programm
Next topics:
- 28.4.2025: "Digital signature" - securely signing and verifying emails and documents digitally + renewing certificates with the new service provider Harica at DFN
- 5.5.2025: Creating Anynome and data protection-compliant surveys (also for student projects) in Olat
- 12.5.2025: Presentation of the digitization strategy of the HS-KL current status + lecture "What is actually open source? - Definition, role in research, teaching and society"
- 19.5.2025: Seafile for power users - collaborative working with the integrated office package and advanced file sharing
- 26.5.2025: The secret power-ups of BigBlueButton - an introduction to the lesser-known but very useful features of the current and "next-level" preview version of the BigBlueButton digital classroom
- 2.6.2025: "Cyberattacks and ransomware - attack vectors and defense" short version (!) of a longer presentation
[to be continued...]
External event tip:
IT-SAD May 12-23, 2025
Good afternoon,
The IT Security Awareness Days are taking place again this semester and I would like to invite you to attend.
As always, the lectures will take place online, registration is not necessary.
The period this time is May 12 - 23, 2025, there are 16 lectures.
All information about the current and past IT-SAD events can be found at https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/ciso/it-sad/it-sad-sommersemester-2025
The details of the program can be found at https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/ciso/it-sad/it-sad-sommersemester-2025#c978544
The IT-SAD will take place in WebEx.
The link to this: https://tu-braunschweig.webex.com/tu-braunschweig/j.php?MTID=m581adb32c7dfccd46d609e2a4bc6260d
Joining should work via the WebEx client as well as all common browsers.
Feel free to spread the invitation!
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Christian Böttger
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Cybersecurity in the age of AI hype
IT security day for companies and authorities
IT uffm Betze - Wednesday, June 04, 2025 from 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For the eleventh time, we invite you to the IT Security Day at the Fritz Walter Stadium. Starting at 8:15 a.m., we offer decision-makers and IT managers the opportunity to spend a whole day talking to experts about cyber security. This year, we are focusing on cybersecurity in the age of AI hype. You can expect an extensive program of specialist presentations and ample opportunity to discuss the topics in greater depth with the exhibitors on site.
Find out first-hand about the current challenges, the latest technical developments and powerful solutions in the field of IT security and IT infrastructure. Take the opportunity and stay on the ball ⚽
More information at: https://it-uffm-betze.de
Phishing Master" simulator
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has written a program to train itself to quickly distinguish phishing emails from genuine emails and "shoot them down". Both phishing and legitimate emails are displayed in a game, which the user then has to shoot down. The rules and controls are explained at the beginning, followed by a short training session. Once you have successfully completed the training level, you can start shooting... have fun ;-)
Click here for the game: https://phishing-master.secuso.org