Foundations of Cybersecurity 1

Dear all,

I am very happy to inform you that CySec 1 has been awarded with the Busy Beaver award for best basic lecture in the Winter Term 2025/2026 from the student's council today! Based on what the student council explained, this is not just because the lecture received high marks on the evaluation, but also takes into account explicit suggestions and feedback from students like you. I'm happy to implicitly learn that students liked the lecture enough to make such an explicit suggestion. I can only say that I really appreciate the interactive way I was able to teach CySec 1 because of you, the participants.  

I wish you a great start to your semester!

 Ben Stock 

Hey all,

Have you heard about CTF competitions, but never played one?
You are looking to get your hands dirty, solve challenges, and try to hack?
Then the CTF workshop will be the perfect opportunity to start your CTF journey!

The local capture-the-flag (CTF) team saarsec in collaboration with CISPA is hosting a free workshop next week (Friday 10th until Sunday 12th of April).

## When?
April 10 - April 12

## What to expect?
- Practical sessions covering fundamental hacking techniques
- Many challenges waiting to be solved by you
- Meet other people interested in cybersecurity
- A full Jeopardy CTF amongst the participants on Sunday

## Requirements
- A laptop (a Linux-based OS is recommended)
- We will teach you everything you need to know (no course requirements, but having some experience in programming will help)

** no prior experience is needed** - just curiosity and enthusiasm!

## How to join?
Head over to https://workshop.saarsec.rocks (make sure to activate your account via the confirmation email)
We have to limit the number of participants to 42 on a first-come, first-served basis. So make sure you're quick.

Best regards,
CISPA x saarsec
 

Dear all,

here is some information about the remaining tutorials as the exam approaches:

• Tutorials on January 23 / January 26: Since there was no lecture this week, there is no new content for this week's tutorials. Instead, the tutors will do a special Kahoot quiz over all lecture contents so far, so you can get an idea on which topics you should brush up most in your exam prep.
• Tutorials on January 30 / February 2: These are the last tutorials, and will be about that week's lecture content as usual.
• Office hour on Wednesday, February 4, from 12:00 to 14:00 : The tutors are offering an extra office hour to help with questions that come up during your exam preparation. It will be located in CISPA, room 0.07.