About the institution
The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland (AMU) was founded in 1919 and carries out its fundamental and unchanging mission which is to conduct research, educate students and new academic staff on the basis of research as well as to exercise its social responsibilities. AMU’s academic community consists of 38,000 undergraduate students, 1,300 postgraduate students and nearly 3,000 academic staff. It comprises 20 in-town faculties and has 4 out-of-town campuses. It has international partnerships with 240 other universities and hosts 50 international conferences. The AMU is inherently associated with science practiced under unhampered freedom and the search for truth.
About the program
This cybersecurity seminar is a week-long event designed to seed or awaken a heightened interest in computer security by providing a clear set of guidelines with rationale and hands-on training. It is an intensive full-day programme with lectures and labs where participants will get to dive into the fascinating world of cryptography, secure environments, authentication and identification schemes, AI threats and benefits, data governance, and the legal perspective on cybersecurity. For this edition, we are focusing on identity and credentials with activities related to phishing-resistant authentication, the move to password-less authentication and the implementation of Zero Trust.
We are excited to announce that, thanks to the generous support of Google.org, we will be launching a new cybersecurity seminar tailored to address the ever-evolving challenges in the field. This seminar will be designed with local community organizations in mind, providing them with the tools and knowledge to navigate today’s complex cybersecurity landscape. We are confident that this initiative will have a significant and positive impact on our community and contribute meaningfully to enhancing cybersecurity awareness and resilience.
Prof. Krzysztof Dyczkowski
the Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań