Beyond Awareness. Cybersecurity in everyday life
25.03.2026
Digitalization is rapidly expanding into all areas of life and with it the question of how cyber security can function in everyday life without overburdening people. This is precisely where the interdisciplinary and unique research conducted by the Bavarian research association ForDaySec has come in over the past four years.
With the talk format “Beyond Awareness”, we invite you to join ForDaySec scientists on March 25, 2026 to gain a new perspective on IT security in everyday life. The event will be in German.
As part of the research association, experts from the fields of computer science, law and social sciences have worked together and gained insights that consistently combine technical, social and political perspectives for the first time and show how a secure digital everyday life can succeed in concrete terms. Initial answers can be found in the white paper “Cybersecurity in everyday life”.
What you can expect from “Beyond Awareness”:
The event will focus on exciting contributions to the central question:
How do we bring together digital complexity, human behavior and political decisions in such a way that security really works in everyday life?
- Opening Remarks from Caroline Krohn-Atug, Federal Office for Information Security
- Keynote speech by Eva Wolfangel, tech journalist and speaker specializing in cybersecurity
“The weak point is in the system – not in front of the screen” - Panel discussion
with representatives from business, civil society and academia - Open exchange & networking
in a relaxed atmosphere and catering
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Venue / Directions
The event will take place at the Design Offices Atlas (Rosenheimer Str. 143C, 81671 Munich – Open Street Map | Google Maps) in the Werksviertel in Munich. Registration is on the first floor, the event is on the 13th floor.
If you are traveling by train , it is best to get off at the “München Ost” stop. From there you can walk (approx. 10 minutes) or take the bus to the “Anzinger Straße” stop.
If you are arriving by car , you can park in the Werksviertel “Autospeicher”
Our guests
Eva Wolfangel
Tech journalist and speaker with a focus on cyber security
Eva Wolfangel is a journalist, author, speaker and presenter. She works for ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE, Deutschlandfunk, Technology Review, reports and many others. It is important to her to combine complex topics with creative storytelling techniques and thus reach a broad audience.
2020 she received the German Reporter:innenpreis, 2019/20 she was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT in Boston, 2018 she was awarded European Science Journalist of the Year. She speaks and writes about topics such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, cybersecurity and technology ethics.
She also has a passion for trying out future technologies herself and putting them through their paces – for society as well as for journalism. Her non-fiction book “Ein falscher Klick” was published in fall 2022 with exciting reports from the world of hackers and cyber warfare.
Sabine Ellerhold
Global Product Security Lead, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
As Global Product Security Lead at BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Sabine Ellerhold is an expert in product security for networked appliances. She is responsible for the end-to-end security of digital household appliances and ensures compliance with complex governance frameworks and regulatory requirements. With many years of experience in IT project management, the development of IoT platforms and the implementation of critical infrastructures such as PKI, she brings a comprehensive technical and strategic perspective. Her background in applied mathematical optimization underpins her analytical strength and deep understanding of complex system architectures. She is a driving force in designing secure and compliant product landscapes in a dynamic IoT environment.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Gollmann
Institute for Secure Cyber Physical Systems, TU Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Dieter Gollmann studied technical mathematics and completed his doctorate on a topic in cryptography in 1984. After teaching at the University of London and the University of Karlsruhe, he habilitated in computer science in 1991. After several years at Royal Holloway College, University of London and the Microsoft Research Laboratory in Cambridge, he was Professor of Security in Distributed Applications at the TU Hamburg from 2003 until his retirement in 2012. In addition to visiting professorships in Beijing, London and Singapore and an adjunct professorship in Denmark, he was also co-editor of the International Journal of Information Security (Springer Verlag) and Associate Editor of IEEE Security & Privacy magazine. His textbook “Computer Security” has been published in three editions to date.
Tatjana Halm
Head of Legal and Digital Affairs, Verbraucherzentrale Bayern e.V.
Tatjana Halm is a lawyer and head of the Legal and Digital Affairs department at the Bavarian Consumer Advice Center. Her work focuses on economic and legal consumer protection and digital topics such as platforms, social networks and data protection. At the consumer advice center, she advocates for the legal enforcement of consumer interests, develops information and education services and accompanies legislative processes. Since 2024, she has been deputy chairwoman of the German Advisory Council for Consumer Affairs (SVRV), which advises the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.
Prof. Dr. Dominik Herrmann
Chair of Privacy and Security in Information Systems, University of Bamberg
Prof. Herrmann has been Professor of Privacy and Security in Information Systems at the University of Bamberg since October 2017. His research focuses on privacy-enhancing technologies, usable security and digital education. He regularly publishes in internationally renowned journals and conferences such as CHI, USENIX Security and PETS. Previously, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the “Security in Distributed Systems” group at the University of Hamburg and a substitute professor for information security and privacy at the University of Siegen. He received his doctorate in computer science from the University of Hamburg in 2014; his excellent dissertation on privacy in the Domain Name System received several prestigious awards. Prof. Herrmann is speaker of the CIO of the University of Bamberg and Dean of the Faculty WIAI (2025-2027).
Caroline Krohn-Atug
Head of Digital Consumer Protection, Federal Office for Information Security
Caroline Krohn is Head of Digital Consumer Protection at the Federal Office for Information Security. In addition, she is the head of the Dialogue for Cybersecurity, the platform for the BSI’s exchange with civil society – and head of the BSI’s annual campaign together with eco e.V. and Bitkom e.V.: “E-Mail Security Year 2025”, which aims to improve the state of e-mail security in Germany.
Before joining the BSI, Ms. Krohn held various positions in business, politics, science and civil society – always with a focus on cyber security, data protection & data security, security and network policy, sustainability and ethics. Ms. Krohn speaks 5 languages and is a sought-after speaker and publicist. She studied political science, modern and contemporary history and philosophy with a focus on military science at the University of Potsdam.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Riehm
Chair of German and European Private Law, Civil Procedure Law and Legal Theory, University of Passau
Thomas Riehm studied law at the LMU Munich, where he passed both state examinations. He then worked for several years as a research assistant at the Institute for Civil Law and Civil Procedure Law at the LMU Munich. After completing his doctorate “Abwägungsentscheidungen in der praktischen Rechtsanwendung: Argumentation – Evidence – Evaluation”, he was a DAAD lecturer in Paris and a lecturer at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonne. In 2011, he completed his habilitation and took on professorships in Augsburg and Marburg. He has held a chair at the University of Passau since 2013. He was awarded the Ars legendi faculty prize for his teaching. He is spokesperson for the Institute for the Law of the Digital Society, Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Law and a member of the Permanent Deputation of the German Lawyers’ Conference.