Common Criteria and ISO 27001/IT-Grundschutz are well acknowledged evaluation standards for the security of IT systems and the organisation they are embedded in. These standards take a technical point of view. In legally sensitive areas, such as processing of personal information or online voting, compliance with the legal specifications is of high importance, however, for the users’ trust in an IT system and thus for the success of this system. This article shows how standards for the evaluation of IT security may be integrated with the KORA approach for law compatible technology design to the benefit of both – increasing confidence IT systems and their conformity with the law on one hand and a concrete possibility for legal requirements to be integrated into technology design from the start. The soundness of this interdisciplinary work will be presented in an exemplary application to online voting.

Abstract. Postal voting was established in Germany in 1956. Based on the legal latitude of the national legislator, the Federal Constitutional Court confirmed the constitutionality of postal voting several times. In contrast, the constitutionality of electronic voting machines, which were used for federal elections from 2002 to 2005, was rejected as the possibility to control the essential steps in the election was not provided to all citizens. These two cases emphasize that the legal system allows to limit realization of election principles to the advantage of other election principles, but that there are limits. In order to introduce new voting systems, in particular Internet voting systems, it is essential to have guidelines on what is and what is not acceptable. This work provides such guidelines. It identifies the principles of the legal latitude in the German constitution, and captures this latitude in a model. This model enables a review of the constitutionality of new voting systems.

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Background Expanding technologies of early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) allow to identify individuals at‐risk in very early and asymptomatic disease stages. Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, are common in in the course of AD and may be clinically observed many years before the onset of significant cognitive symptoms. To date, therapeutic interventions for AD focus on pharmacological and non‐pharmacological strategies. However, despite good evidence for psychotherapy in late‐life depression, evidence for such therapeutic options in the course of cognitive decline related to AD is sparse. Method A systematic review was conducted in PUBMED, PsycINFO and Web of Science to summarize the state of evidence on psychotherapeutic‐psychoeducational interventions for individuals at‐risk for Alzheimer’s dementia. Eligible articles needed to apply a manualized and standardized psychotherapeutic or psychotherapeutic‐psychoeducational intervention administered by trained professionals for individuals with subjective cognitive decline (SCD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Result The literature search yielded 35 studies that were included in this narrative summery. The data illustrates heterogeneous therapeutic approaches with mostly small sample sizes of study participants and short follow‐up monitoring. There is evidence that interventions have an antidepressive effect and a positive impact on disease acceptance, including positive effects on life quality. However, specific therapeutic determinants of efficacy have not been identified to date. Conclusion This review underlines the need of specific psychotherapeutic‐psychoeducational therapeutic approaches for individuals at‐risk of Alzheimer’s dementia, particularly in terms of early interventions aiming at improving well‐being, mental health and quality of life in the course of the neurodegenerative disease. One paramount challenge is the modification of psychotherapeutic techniques according to the different stages of cognitive decline in the course of AD, which is needed to be sensitive to the individual needs and preferences.