Abstract
The aim of the Awarity project is to train the current security awareness of employees in SMEs, large companies and corporations and to establish a lasting safety culture. This goal is to be achieved by playfully dealing with the topic of security awareness in everyday situations and tasks that are generated by the system or by the players themselves. In concrete terms, this means that employees of the end customer can point out security-relevant aspects in their own company and report them via the Awarity platform. The points to be obtained are calculated from the external expert assessment carried out for each vulnerability. Based on the anonymous evaluation of the vulnerabilities that have occurred, it is possible to provide participating companies with an early warning system for possible hacker attacks (in particular social engineering attacks). Depending on the amount and type of information provided by the end customer, for example, an increased occurrence of a single security problem in a certain region or industry can be used as an indication of an increased risk potential.
Founder:
- Florian Brunner, BSc.
As an expert in ICT security (Security Consultant at Holistic Security Consulting GmbH), he is responsible for the information security of his own company as well as the security and quality control of the product at Awarity. Florian Brunner completed his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Secure Information Systems at the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg after graduating from the HTL Leonding for IT and Organization. In the past, he worked for several years as a software engineer in an industrial environment (Industrie Informatik GmbH) and as a part-time lecturer and research assistant at the FH OÖ Studienbetriebs GmbH and the FH OÖ Forschungs- und Entwicklungs GmbH. Since 2013 he has been Managing Director and Security Consultant at Holistic Security Consulting GmbH. - Ing. Jürgen Grieshofer
As a specialist in safety in the industrial sector, he is responsible for the creation of learning content for industrial companies. Due to his experience as managing director of 4CKnowledge OG and as a source of ideas for the project, he is also employed as managing director and in sales of SecPlay. Jürgen Grieshofer graduated from the HTL Wels in 2008 for electrical engineering with a focus on measurement and control technology and then worked as a PLC programmer at SOFTwerk Professional Automation GmbH as well as in the field of process optimization and development at TMS Transport und Montagesysteme GmbH. Since 2012 he has been working as a system administrator at x-it External IT-Solutions GmbH and as managing director at 4CKnowledge OG. - Erik Rusek, BSc.
As an ICT security expert with a focus on social engineering and security awareness, he is responsible for writing learning content. Due to his activities at Holistic Security Consulting GmbH, he is also responsible for sales and finance as well as internal administration. Erik Rusek graduated from the HTL Leonding in 2008 for IT and Organization and then studied Secure Information Systems in the Bachelor's degree at the University of Applied Sciences Hagenberg. He is currently completing a Master's degree in Information Engineering and Management at the same university. During his studies, Erik Rusek worked as a software engineer at RACON Software GmbH, as a risk consultant at KPMG in Linz and Cologne and has been managing director and security consultant at Holistic Security Consulting GmbH since 2013. - David Zotlöterer
As a specialist in industrial control system security and software developer at 4CKnowledge OG, he is responsible for leading product and architecture development as well as the operation of the infrastructure. David Zolöterer completed his apprenticeship in information technology informatics at CrazyTeam in 2008 and then worked as a software engineer at DataTeam. In 2011 he moved to x-it external it solutions and since 2012 he has also been managing director of 4CKnowledge OG.
