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GENEVA, Nov. 17, 2020, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

SGS and Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) announce the opening of Lamarr

Security Research, a non-profit research center focusing on information security and

establishing trust in digital systems and products. This new research environment is

open for partner sponsors to work together, and to make the world a safer place.

Cybersecurity is one of the biggest challenges for our information society and

there is urgent need to fundamentally rethink the way systems are built,

composed and analyzed. In order to enable trust and to create a world where

data security and privacy are a matter of course, it is necessary to perform

open research on novel technologies. Non-profit Lamarr Security Research is the

new centerpiece of the international Cybersecurity Campus Graz, opened by SGS

and TU Graz in 2019. Research results will become available to all, bringing

high value to society.

Research

Stefan Mangard, Professor for Secure Systems at TU Graz, and member of the

center's management team: "We will work from the transistor-level up to complex

cloud applications, making security and privacy systems more efficient, highly

user-friendly and verifiable. By this we will create sustainable trust in the

resulting solutions. SGS provides foundational funding, and we are now looking

for further like-minded partner sponsors to join as well." Benefits for partners will

include early access to research results and high-end cybersecurity testing possibilities.

Security as a Matter of Trust and Cooperation

Martin Schaffer, Global Head of Cybersecurity Services at SGS, and member of

the center's management team: "Our job at SGS is to create trust between

stakeholders. In the digitally interconnected world this is not easy to achieve

as we are confronted with creative hackers trying to gain financial benefits,

breaching others' privacy, or even putting people's lives at risk. This affects

everyone and we cannot tackle this problem alone. It is the duty of all of us

to foster a change. With TU Graz, we found a strong partner with the same

vision and we have together created a research environment that is open for

additional partners."

In the spirit of Hedy Lamarr[1]

Lamarr Security Research is named after the Austrian-born Hollywood actress,

Hedy Lamarr, who was one of the pioneers in the invention of secure systems

with her patented frequency hopping system, which is still used today in

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Following the spirit of Hedy Lamarr, SGS and TU Graz seek

new and innovative approaches and to ultimately make the world a safer place.

For further information, or to find out more about becoming a researcher or

partner of Lamarr Security Research, please contact:

Martin Schaffer

Global Head of Cybersecurity Services

Digital & Innovation

SGS

Tel: +43 664 88210590

Stefan Mangard

Professor for Secure Systems & Head of IAIK

Institute of Applied Information Processing and Communications (IAIK)

Graz University of Technology

Tel: +43 316 8735531

About SGS  

SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification

company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity.

With more than 89,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices

and laboratories around the world.

About Graz University of Technology

Cybersecurity has been a research focus at TU Graz in Austria for many years.

Among the sparkling research highlights are the processor vulnerabilities

"Meltdown" and "Spectre", or international achievements in cryptography.

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SOURCE: SGS