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The jury awarded third prize - and therefore prize money of 20,000 euros - to the team of developers led by Fabian Bendun, Sven Obser and Philipp von Styp-Rekowsky. Based on the so-called 'Boxify technology', the 'SYOD' (Secure Your Own Device) application developed by Backes-SRT GmbH from Saarbrücken enables employees in small and medium-sized companies in particular to securely use business and private data as well as apps that are only used for specific purposes on their own end device.