Fraunhofer General Introduction

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Fraunhofer General Introduction

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Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787 - 1826)
Researcher discovery of Fraunhofer Lines in the
suns spectrum Inventor new methods of lens
processing Entrepreneur head of royal glass
factory
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Balance between RD-Value Chain and Financing
RD-Value Chain
Prototyping, Technology Transfer
Industry
Development, Engineering
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
Applied research
Application-oriented basic research
Basic research
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Financing
100 private
100 public
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Fraunhofer Profile 2003 Competence
Groups
58 institutes
Materials and components
Production technology
Information and Communication (2250)
12500 employees
Microelectronics and Microsystems
Sensor systems, testing technologies
Process engineering
Energy, construction, environment, health
1 billion budget
Technical and economic studies
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Fraunhofer Institutes located in Germany
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Success Criteria for Fraunhofer Institutes

• Scientific competence well recognized in the
  worldwide scientific community and in cooperation
  with universities / other research organizations
• Market success and entrepreneurial
  competenceproven by contracts with industry, EU,
  other public financing, by creating SpinOffs, and
  by technology transfer and licensing
• Well-balanced financing mix up to 60 industry,
  up to 30 public projects (EU,others), up to 40
  basic public finding
• Professional networking within and across
  Fraunhofer competence groups with competence
  partners from science, industry and politics

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Fraunhofer Institute Secure
Telecooperation

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Prof. Dr. habil. Claudia Eckert Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Heinz Thielmann http//www.sit.fraunhofer.de

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Challenges Demands in Security and
Telecooperation
Increasing

• Complexity of applications
• Mobility of applications
• Dynamics Scalability
• Services on demand
• Security on demand
• Provisioning on demand
• Easy to use requirements
• Need for certified trustworthiness
• etc.

Evolution of Security Technologies
Secure Telecooperation gtgtgt
Evolution of Telecooperation
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SIT - Mission and Core Business
Secure Telecooperation across Open
Networks Technologies, Solutions, Platforms,
Applications for - e/m-Business (B2B, B2C,
X2Y,...) - e/m-Government (B2G, G2G, G2C,
...) - Fixed/Mobile Networking (Access
Infrastructures) - Enterprise-Solutions -
Distributed Organizations - Seamless Secure
Telecooperation (wired wireless) - etc.
Co-operation
Security
Open networks
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Business Areas and Competencies (I)

• IT security technologies
• PKI, Biometry, SmartCards, Electronic Signatures,
  Cryptography,
• Holistic Security Management
• Security Policies, Security and Privacy
  Protection,
• Security of Critical IT-Infrastructures
• Computer Networks, Technologies of
  Infrastructures, Network Security, Penetration,
  Firewalls, Intrusion Detection, Honey Pot, VPN,

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Business Areas and Competencies (II)

• Security-Sensitive Modelling of Telecooperation
  Systems
• Methodological Analysis and Verification, Design
  Support, Modelling and Evaluation of Protocols,
  Systems, Services and Interaction,
• Secure Mobile Systems
• m-Business, Ubiquitous Computing, Mobile
  Communications, Telematics,
• Knowledge Management
• e-Learning, Information Systems, e-Content,
  General Vocational lifelong Training, Learning
  and Cultural Heritage, Digital Rights Management,
  Intellectual Property Rights,

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Business Areas and Competencies (III)

• e/m-Business
• e/m-Business processes, B2B-Commerce,
  Collaborative Commerce, e-Payment Transactions,
  e/m-Trade,
• e/m-Government e/m-Health
• Systems Services for the Citizen, Public
  Administration(local,regional,central),
• Health Professional Card, Archiving,.
• Future Work Environments
• New Methods of Work, Organization Living,
  Intelligent Organizations Buildings, Electronic
  Work Processes, Interlinked Audiovisual Systems,

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SIT Business Areas by Market Segments/Target
Groups
Service Industries
Vertical Industries
ICT-Industries
Authorities
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SIT Business Areas by Market Segments / Target
Groups
Service Industries

• ICT-Industries
• System vendors
• Device Vendors
• System integrators
• Solution providers
• etc.

Vertical Industries
Authorities
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SIT Business Areas by Market Segments / Target
Groups

• Service Industries
• Operators
• ISPs, ASPs
• Financial Services
• Content Services
• etc.

SIT
Vertical Industries
ICT-Industries
Authorities
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SIT Business Areas by Market Segments / Target
Groups
Service Industries

• Vertical Industries
• Car industries
• Production
• industries
• Trade industries
• Travel Transport
• etc.

ICT-Industries
Authorities
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SIT Business Areas by Market Segments / Target
Groups
Service Industries
Vertical Industries
ICT-Industries

• Authorities
• Governments
• Health Care
• Energy
• Traffic
• etc.

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SIT Offering
Auditing Consulting Products (Projects)
Studies Concepts (Products) Projects
Education Training Products
SIT
RD Transfer Projects
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SIT Offering Education Training

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• - Courses

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SIT Offering Education Training

• Seminars
• Workshops (open)
• Workshops (inhouse)
• - ......

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SIT Offering Auditing Consulting
- Security attacks (outside, inside, combined)
- Intrusion detection

- Threat Risk analysis and verification
- Modelling Simulation
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Security auditing (one-time, periodical)
- Security Policies
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SIT Offering Auditing Consulting
- Firewall checking
- Product evaluation testing
- Certification process support
- Process Support (organiz., techn.,...) -
e/m-commerce, e-government,.... -
distributed mobile collaboration
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SIT Offering Studies Concepts

• Technology studies
• Market studies
• Feasibility studies
• Application studies concepts
• Trend analysis
• - Field studies trials

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SIT Offering Studies Concepts

• - Security concepts
• Networking concepts
• Device concepts
• Architectures (Communication,
• Collaboration, Security, Implementation)
• - Specifications (SmartCards, PKIs, CAs,
• Platforms, ....)

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SIT Offering RD and Transfer of
Technology/Products
- Design Concepts -
System design - Tools
Models - Protocols
- Demonstrators
- Prototyping

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SIT Business Models
Industry Partnership Contracts
Evaluation, Testing, Promotion of Products and
Solutions
Direct Industry Contracts
SIT
Transfer Licensing
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Malta Fraunhofer cooperation opportunities

• Common EU-project proposals (e.g. Critical
  infrastructure protection, criteria)
• Malta companies and public/private organizations
  as application partners in common RD projects
  (requirements, specifications, application
  testing) Advantage special island situation
  (innovative society, short distances, low
  overhead)
• Malta companies as transfer partners for RD,
  education and training
• Fraunhofer as gateway/mediator for Malta
  companies and public/private organizations to
  continental counterparts

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Further information

• SIT-Webpage http//www.sit.fraunhofer.de
• Email paul.friessem_at_sit.fraunhofer.de
• Email heinz.sarbinowski_at_sit.fraunhofer.de