Information security

+++ E-mail training +++

E-Mail Phishing

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?

Secure e-mail communication with S/MIME

Building on the e-mail phishing training, the second part deals more specifically with user certificates, signatures and encryption.

NEXT DATES:
Beginning of June 2026

Monday, 08.06. "Email phishing" from 10:30 am
Tuesday, 09.06. "Email phishing" from 1 pm
Wednesday, 10.06. "Secure e-mail communication with S/MIME" from 10 a.m.
Thursday, 11.06. "Secure e-mail communication with S/MIME" from 1 p.m.

Registration via https://courses.rz.rptu.de/ the seminar program of the RHRZ.

--- NOTE: If, due to time constraints, specific requirements or other reasons, you would like training only for your department, your company or your team, please contact us and we will adapt the training to your concerns, needs and wishes so that you receive the fastest and best possible training. ---

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Information Security team (contact details Vanessa Anefeld).

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 October 2025, the OpenOlat course "RPTU Government IT Security Training" (BITS) was translated into English.

Description

This course, designed by Behörden-IT-Sicherheitstraining - 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, perhaps even to 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:

  1. Lesson E-Mails
  2. Lesson Viruses
  3. Lesson Passwords
  4. Lesson Surfing the Internet
  5. Confidential data lesson
  6. Lesson Social Media
  7. Lesson Cloud
  8. Lesson Mobile devices
  9. Lesson My workplace
  10. 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.

Links to

https://olat.vcrp.de/url/RepositoryEntry/4816273580
https://olat.vcrp.de/auth/RepositoryEntry/4998725907 - English Version

External event tip:
11.IT-SAD 27.04.-08.05.2026

Good afternoon,

The IT Security Awareness Days are taking place again this semester and I cordially invite you to attend.

As always, the lectures will take place online, registration is not necessary. The period this semester is 27.04. - 08.05.2026.

Once again, we are offering a variety of interesting lectures on IT security from speakers from all over Germany. Please find the details on our website: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/ciso/it-sad/it-sad-sommersemester-2026

Please spread the invitation!

- english version ---

Hello,

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 in this semester is 27.04. - 08.05.2026.

Once again, we are offering a variety of interesting lectures on IT security from speakers from all over Germany.
Please find the details on our website: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/ciso/it-sad/it-sad-sommersemester-2026

Please spread the word about the invitation!

With kind regards / Sincerely
Dr. Christian Böttger

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Chief Information Security Officer / Information Security Officer

Technische Universität Braunschweig
Stabsstelle CISO / Designated Office CISO
Bültenweg 73
38106 Braunschweig
phone: +49 531 391 55631
mobile: +49 171 5394099
Mail: c.boettger@tu-braunschweig.de
Web: https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/ciso

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