Many small businesses underestimate the risk – yet they have long been the focus of cyber attacks. One careless click or a weak password can be enough to paralyze a business. Today, cyber security means knowing and applying simple measures and becoming more secure step by step.
In five compact online sessions, you will learn how you can strengthen your IT security with simple tools and clear steps. Each day will focus on a new topic with direct practical relevance.
Wednesday, 26.11.25
Recognize phishing easily
Phishing is one of the most common and most dangerous forms of cyber attacks. Criminals pretend to be trustworthy institutions or persons – by e-mail, text message or via fake websites – in order to obtain your confidential data.
Today, fake emails are so well made that they can even fool professionals.
Learn how to quickly detect phishing emails, react correctly and protect your company from digital bait and attacks.
With practical tips and clear strategies, you can handle emails more securely in future – it’s easy!
Speaker: Michelle Walther, Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Mensch
The other workshops of the action week:
Monday, 24.11.25
Password management 2.0: From password frustration to seamless security
Weak or repeatedly used passwords are the biggest security risk in everyday digital life. It’s time to think not just about individual passwords, but about a well thought-out strategy.
This presentation highlights the basics of effective password management and presents the password manager as an indispensable solution.
Turn your password stress into professional security – it’s easy!
Speaker: Holger Bär, Consultant for Innovation and Technology – Focus on Digitization, Chamber of Crafts for Upper Franconia
Tuesday, 25.11.25
Password security part 2: Future-proof solutions with passkeys & multi-factor authentication
Passwordless into the future: How modern login methods make everyday life safer and easier.
This session builds on the basics from Monday and shows which new methods such as passkeys and multi-factor authentication (MFA) can replace or supplement password protection.
Participants learn how to make the switch step by step and which systems are particularly suitable for small businesses.
Speaker: Kevin Hofius, Project Manager Communications IT Security, DAB DIGITALAGENTUR BERLIN GMBH
Thursday, 27.11.25
CYBERsafe check, CYBERDialogs & emergency assistance. How secure is your company – and what to do in an emergency?
How can small businesses protect themselves against cyber attacks? Get specific practical tips and find out how the CYBERsicher Check, the CYBERDialogs and the CYBERsicher emergency aid can support you. Take the opportunity to strengthen your cyber security – with tried-and-tested tools and strategies.
Speaker: Mira Hestermann, Network Manager & Project Manager Didactics, Cybersecurity Transfer Office for SMEs
Friday, 28.11.25
Cyber attack? Not with us! – Protect your business effectively
Cyber attacks also affect small businesses – often with serious consequences.
More than one million small and medium-sized companies in Germany have already been victims of cyber attacks, many with considerable financial and organizational damage. However, a lot can be prevented with the right knowledge and simple measures.
In this session, you will learn how you can protect your company from cyberattacks in just a few practical steps – explained in an understandable way and without any prior technical knowledge.
Contents
– Recognizing attacks: How attackers proceed and exploit security vulnerabilities.
– Understanding IT security: The most important basics and protective measures for small businesses.
– Responding correctly: What to do in an emergency – and how to limit damage.
Speakers: Experts from the Hamburger Informatik Technologie-Center e.V. (HITeC)
Please note the following information:
Funding from the BMWK enables us to offer you this event free of charge.
Yours sincerely
Your Mittelstand Digital Center Hamburg team