• Marcel Selhorst (Dipl.-Ing.)

    Welcome!

    My name is Marcel Selhorst and I am an IT-Security professional focusing on Product-, Information- and Cyber-Security, such as Security Architectures, Trusted Computing, Trusted Execution Environments and Cryptography.

    Please find my contact details below.

    Content

    • Publications
    • Patents
    • Former Development Projects
    • Lectures
    • Awards and Interviews
    • Other Activities and Hobbies
    • PGP Public Key
    • Contact Information / Imprint / Legal

    Publications

    2014

    • Gregor Buehler, Enrico Entschew, Marcel Selhorst:
      Security versus Usability — user-friendly qualified electronic signatures based on German ID cards.
      Accepted for: Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) 2014, October 2014.

    2013

    • Carsten Schwarz, Marcel Selhorst:
      Cloud-based provisioning of qualified certificates for the German ID card.
      Accepted for: Open Identity Summit 2013, September 2013.

    2011

    • Dennis Gessner, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Realising a trustworthy sensor node with the idea of virtualisation.
      Accepted for: 6th Future Security Conference, September 2011.
    • Specification of a dependable and secure OS system.
      Deliverable D02.7 for the WSAN4CIP-project, August 2011.
    • Implementation of a dependable and secure OS system.
      Deliverable D02.8 for the WSAN4CIP-project, August 2011.
    • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Florian Feldmann, Utz Gnaida:
      MoTrust.Embedded – Eine vertrauenswürdige Sicherheitsplattform für Smartphones.
      Accepted for: 12. Deutscher IT-Sicherheitskongress, May 2011.
    • Christoph Goericke, Norbert Schirmer, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Browser in the Box (BITB) – Eine virtuelle Surfumgebung für Behörden, Unternehmen und Privatanwender.
      Accepted for: 12. Deutscher IT-Sicherheitskongress, May 2011.
    • Specification of secure code update protocol.
      Deliverable D02.3 for the WSAN4CIP-project, April 2011.
    • Report on system integration.
      Deliverable D05.1 for the WSAN4CIP-project, April 2011.

    2010

    • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Florian Feldmann, Utz Gnaida:
      Towards A Trusted Mobile Desktop.
      Accepted for the Trust 2010 – 3rd International Conference on Trust and Trustworthy Computing, June 2010.
    • Sabine Kaess, Marcel Selhorst:
      Embedded Security Layer.
      Deliverable D03.7 for the TECOM-project, June 2010.

    2009

    • Christian Forler, Sabine Kaess, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Security Services for Trusted Embedded Computing.
      Deliverable D03.6 for the TECOM-project, November 2009.
    • Christian Forler, Sabine Kaess, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Embedded Security Management Framework.
      Deliverable D03.2 for the TECOM-project, October 2009.
    • Christoph Goericke, Ulrich Kuehn, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Keyrona – Extending the key management of existing encryption software with hardware support , September 2009.
    • Marcel Selhorst:
      Secure Storage Mechanisms For The Turaya Security Software Layer.
      Diploma thesis for acquiring the degree Dipl.-Ing. for IT-Security, April 2009.

    2008

    • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Felix Teerkorn:
      TSS Study: Introduction and Analysis of the Open Source TCG Software Stack TrouSerS and Tools in its Environment.
      The study is written on behalf of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
    • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Felix Teerkorn:
      TSS-Studie: Einfuehrung und Analyse des quelloffenen TCG Software Stack TrouSerS und Werkzeuge in dessen Umfeld.
      Eine Studie im Auftrag des Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (BSI).

    2007

    • Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Ulrich Kuehn:
      Realizing property-based attestation and sealing with commonly available hard- and software
      Accepted for The Second ACM Workshop on Scalable Trusted Computing (STC’07), November 2007.
    • Marcel Selhorst:
      Design and Implementation of a Compliance Test Suite for Trusted Platform Modules.
      Student Research Project
      Summer Semester 2007.
    • EMSCB – Milestone No. I:
      Turaya.Crypt – Secure Linux Hard-Disk Encryption.
      Design Specification       , May 2007.

    2006

    • Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble, Christian Wachsmann and Marcel Winandy:
      TCG inside?: a note on TPM specification compliance
      Accepted for The First ACM Workshop on Scalable Trusted Computing (STC’06), November 2006.

    2005

    • Michael Scheibel, Marcel Selhorst, Oskar Senft, Christian Stueble, Marcel Winandy and Marko Wolf:
      Design and Implementation of a Device Encryption Architecture for High Security Requirements.
      EMSCB Technical Report, November 2005.
    • Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Oskar Senft, Christian Stueble and Marcel Winandy:
      New Aspects on Trusted Computing – New and Advanced Possibilities to Improve Security and Privacy.
      Datenschutz und Datensicherheit (DuD), September 2005.
    • Ammar Alkassar, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Towards Secure Computing Platforms with Open-Source and Trusted Computing.
      Accepted for 9th German IT security Congress, Federal Office for Information Security (Deutscher IT-Sicherheitskongress des BSI), May 2005.

    2004

    • Oliver Altmeyer, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Enhancing Security of Computing Platforms with TC-Technology.
      In Sachar Paulus, Norbert Pohlmann, Helmut Reimer (ed.): Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE 2004), Vieweg Verlag, pp. 346-361., 2004.

    Patents

    • Marcel Selhorst, Christoper Wade:
      Fuse-Based Seed as an input for a Pseudo-Random Number Generator.
      Application 18/303,361, filed April 19th, 2023.
    • Joona Kannisto, Marcel Selhorst, Victor van der Veen, Akash Verma:
      Defense Against Row Hammer Attacks.
      Application 17/842,606, filed June 16th, 2022,
      Application PCT/US2023/067501, filed May 25th, 2023.
    • Alex Dent, Joona Kannisto, Marcel Selhorst, Akash Verma:
      Method for Circumventing Processor Error Induced Vulnerability.
      India Patent Application 202141053859, filed November 23rd, 2021,
      Application PCT/US2022/039248, filed August, 3rd, 2022.
    • Ference Brose, Gregor Buehler, Enrico Entschew, Jan-Philipp Feldmann, Philipp Krause, Marcel Selhorst:
      Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum personalisierten elektronischen Signieren eines Dokuments und Computerprogrammprodukt.
      German and European Patent Application DEA10 2015 109 607, filed June 15th, 2016. 
    • Ulrich Matejek, Marcel Selhorst:
      Attributsnetzwerkidentität zur Bereitstellung von personenbezogenen Attributen für die Erstellung von digitalen Attributszertifikaten.
      German and European Patent Application DE10 2013 101 834, filed February 2nd, 2013. 
    • Ulrich Kuehn, Marcel Selhorst, Christian Stueble:
      Vorrichtung und Methode zur Erkennung von Manipulationen an Computersystemen.
      German Patent Application DE10 2007 052 545, filed October 31st, 2007.
       

    Development Projects

    • Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Linux Device Drivers:
      Infineon TPM SLD 9630 TT 1.1 (LPC) and Infineon TPM SLB 9635 TT 1.2 (LPC).
    • Linux Kernel Maintainer:
      Former Maintainer of the Linux Kernel TPM Device Drivers.
    • TPM Compliance Tests:
      Development of a TPM Specification Compliance Test Suite.
    • Trusted GRUB:
      Development, maintenance and support of the Trusted GRUB Project.
    • European Multilaterally Secure Computing Base:
      Development of a trustworthy computing platform.
    • PERSEUS:
      Research and development within the PERSEUS Project.
    • Keyrona:
      Development of a unified key management solution for hard disk and file encryption systems called Keyrona.
    • Browser in the Box:
      Development of an open source secure virtual surf environment for authorities, industry and private users called BitBox.

    Lectures

    • 09/2007: TPM Laboratory at 2nd European Trusted Infrastructure Summer School, Ruhr-University Bochum
        i) Accessing the TPM: functions, commands and structures
        ii) TPM Open Source Software: Availablity and Usage
       iii) The Chain of Trust      .
       
    • 09/2006: The Chain of Trust, lectured at The First European Summer School on Trusted Infrastructure Technologies, University of Oxford, UK.
       
    • 2005 – 2006: eHealth: Datensicherheit im Gesundheitswesen, lectured for International School of IT Security.
       
    • 2003: Sicherheit von File- und eMailservern unter Linux, lectured for Siemens Business Services GmbH.

    Awards and Interviews

    • Beruf: IT-Sicherheitsexperte, Technology Review, Ausgabe Oktober 2012
    • Sicherheitslücken in mobilen Betriebssystemen – Der gläserne Handynutzer, WDR.de vom 10.05.2011
    • Knack und Hack – In Bochum lernen Studenten, Sicherheitssysteme auszuhebeln, Uni-Spiegel, Seite 3 in Heft 2/2006
    • Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Borakel – Beratungstool für Studieninteressenten, 2005
    • Computer-Sicherheit ist relativ – Hacken als Studienfach, 3sat nano, 2003
    • Ausgezeichneter Hacker-Angriff, Pressestelle der Ruhr-Universität, 2002

    Activities and Hobbies

    • Trusted Computing
    • Linux and Open Source Software
    • Traveling
    • Snooker
    • Dancing
    • Music – playing Guitar and Drums

    PGP Public Key

    PGP Key ID: 0x37D83E99 (updated 2020)

    PGP Fingerprint: 

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6A4A A61C 120D 37D8 3E99

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    Contact

    Personal Contact (in terms of § 5 Tele Media Act):
    Forstallee 51
    D-15738 Zeuthen
    E-Mail: marcel [at] selhorst.net

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