Postdoc Position (f/m/d) in Building Healthcare Resilience Against Cyber-Attacks
Organisationseinheit
Institut für Informationssicherheit und Verlässlichkeit (KASTEL)
Ihre Aufgaben
In recent years, the number and severity of cyber-attacks against healthcare providers and hospitals worldwide have increased significantly, resulting in blocked access to patient data and critical services, appointment cancellations, and closed emergency departments. This Helmholtz project is dedicated to making an entire hospital network more resilient to future cyber threats by developing a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach. This project aims to use operations research methods to support decisions on selecting and implementing a range of appropriate preparation and response measures for an interdependent hospital network to become resilient in the event of cyber-attacks.
Your main tasks and responsibilities within this project are:
- Conduct academic research which will lead to high quality scientific publications in the field of operations research and business analytics
- Contribute to projects with academic and industrial partners, e.g. KASTEL, Imperial College London, hospitals in Germany etc.
- Assist in teaching activities of the department
Eintrittstermin
as soon ap possible
Ihre Qualifikation
- We welcome candidates with a PhD with a quantitative focus, e.g., operations research, business or data analytics, finance, mathematics, etc.
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience in quantifying risks and uncertainties desirable
- Ability to collaborate with others and work independently, take initiative and show enthusiasm
- Good oral and written communication skills in English; German not required
- We are looking for candidates with a strong drive and keen interest in conducting meaningful and innovative research.
Das bieten wir Ihnen
Become a member of staff of the only German University of Excellence that conducts large-scale research on the national level. Work under excellent working conditions in an international environment and be active in research and academic education for our future. Benefit from specific training when starting your job and from a wide range of further qualification offers. Use our flexible working time models (flexitime, work from home), our sports and leisure offers, as well as our child and holiday care services. We also pay a share of EUR 25/month in the Job Ticket Baden-Württemberg. Enjoy a large variety of dishes, snacks, and beverages at our canteens.
Salary
Salary category EG 13 TV-L, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.
Contract duration
limited for one year (extension possible)
Application up to
03.03.2026
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Emilia Grass, e-mail: emilia.grass@kit.edu .
Application
Applications with the following documents: curriculum vitae, cover letter, and transcript of records.
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Ausschreibungsnummer: 1027/2026
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