ForDaySec in a nutshell…
ForDaySec is an interdisciplinary research association for improving IT security in everyday digital life. The focus is on the development of technologies and solutions suitable for everyday use, with which the opportunities of digitization can be safely exploited in various areas of life and work.
To this end, researchers from computer science, sociology and law from five Bavarian universities are working closely together – with the common goal of providing orientation for people in today’s world.
You can find more information in the FAQ.

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Yes to digitization in Bavaria – but safely! Cybersecurity plays a key role for our liberal society: digitization permeates all areas of life. At the same time, the threat of criminal attacks on the digital infrastructure is growing dramatically. In Bavaria, we take the digital signs of the times seriously. Because: cybersecurity is quality of life.
– Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts

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On behalf of the Munich Security Network (Sicherheitsnetzwerk München e.V.) with its 85 member organizations, I assure you of our support for the joint project ForDaySec. We are happy to be your partner in the implementation of the project. “Security by Design” is an essential building block of a successful cyber risk mitigation strategy.
– Peter Möhring, Managing Director Sicherheitsnetzwerk München e.V.

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ForDaySec’s project is of considerable interest to the cybersecurity topic platform. Effective, user-friendly, and low-threshold procedures, methods, and tools for secure and confidential communication of networked systems and people in everyday life pose a major challenge. Researching solutions for this addresses a societal need.
– Dr. Robert Couronné, Bayern Innovativ, Head of the Cybersecurity Platform of the Center for Digitalization Bavaria (ZD.B)

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The interdisciplinary approach of computer science, law and sociology made possible in ForDaySec is very much in line with the requirements that data protection places on large and medium-sized companies alike today in order to contain risks to the fundamental rights of citizens and at the same time to realize innovative products and business ideas.
– Andreas Sachs, Vice President of the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision
Cross-cutting Issues
Exchange, cooperation, and collaboration across disciplinary boundaries, as envisioned in ForDaySec, needs meaningful common questions to address the complex problem of security in everyday digitization. The ForDaySec research network has therefore set itself four network-wide topics, for which all disciplinary perspectives are necessary.

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27. September 2022 - Press Release
New Bavarian research network conducts research on everyday digitization risks

13. May 2022 - Press Release
Minister Blume welcomes the launch of the research network for more security in digital everyday life
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