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The Advanced Technology Group is a company specialized in seminars and consultancy, primarily in Information Security and Information Technology. 

Below we describe our upcoming seminars in Information Security and Cryptography.

Further information about
the lecturers,
the seminars' content,
the venue,
and registration can be found on the respective pages.

Information Security and Cryptography are of vital importance today, with applications in communication and information systems, electronic commerce and, more generally, in the emerging Information Society. A basic knowledge of these topics is essential for every professional who wishes to better understand, develop, or use systems employing modern security technologies.

Seminar 1: Information Security and Cryptography - Fundamentals and Applications (20-22 June 2011)

taught by David Basin and Ueli Maurer, provides an in-depth coverage of Information Security and Cryptography from both a conceptual and application-oriented viewpoint. At the same time, the mathematical, algorithmic, protocol-specific, and system-oriented aspects are explained in a way understandable to a wide audience. This includes the foundations needed to understand the different approaches, a critical look at the state-of-the-art, and a perspective on future security technologies.

The material is presented at three different levels. At the highest level, the basic concepts are presented in detail, but abstractly (e.g., as black boxes), without mathematics. No background is required to follow at this level. At an intermediate level, the most important concrete schemes, models, algorithms, and protocols are presented as well as their applications. Here some minimal mathematical and systems background is assumed. At the deepest level, which is not required to understand the higher levels, different special topics, requiring some mathematical background, are discussedtaught by David Basin and Ueli Maurer provides an in-depth coverage of Information Security and Cryptography from both a conceptual and application-oriented viewpoint. At the same time, the mathematical, algorithmic, protocol-specific, and system-oriented aspects are explained in a way understandable to a wide audience. This includes the foundations needed to understand the different approaches, a critical look at the state-of-the-art, and a perspective on future security technologies.

Seminar 2: Building Secure Software Systems
(23-24 June 2011)

taught by David Basin and Torsten Lodderstedt. This two day seminar presents sound methods that can be used to build and evaluate security-critical software systems. The focus is on the interplay between two areas: Software Engineering and Information Security. The role of security in all phases of the software-development process is examined, including requirements analysis, risk analysis, design, implementation, and testing, as well as verification and certification. In each phase, relevant concept, methods, and tools are covered. The material is presented in a self-contained way. However, a basic knowledge of both information security (e.g., from seminar 1”) and software engineering are assumed.

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