blackstone432.de

What It Is

Blackstone432 is a Germany-based team of expert speakers focused on “internet crime and media literacy.” It was founded in 2012 by former INTERPOL employee Cem Karakaya. It is not a traditional platform for pre-recorded courses; instead, it provides in-person/online talks, workshops, teacher training, corporate security awareness training, and some cyber defense services for schools, parents, companies, and institutions.

Core Content and Format

Course topics cover media use, cybercrime tactics, identity theft, social engineering, cyberbullying, cybergrooming, fake news, data minimization, AI, and digital risks. For schools, it offers lectures for children/teenagers, parent evenings, and teacher training. For businesses, it emphasizes employee security awareness, anti-phishing, network segmentation, endpoint security, and penetration-testing awareness. Sessions can be delivered offline, online, or in a hybrid format, with durations ranging from 45-minute corporate events to 1.5-hour lectures and half-day/full-day training sessions. “Fairnetzen” is a 9-hour internal training program for teachers/social workers, designed to help them later lead media-prevention training for children aged 9–12.

Pricing and Languages

The official website does not publish a price list. It clearly states that speaking fees are negotiated based on the type of event, audience size, duration, and content, while hotel, travel, and meal costs are billed according to actual expenses. Instruction is mainly in German; some speakers can provide sessions in English, and Cem Karakaya can also teach in Turkish. No information on course certificates or certifications was found.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths lie in the team’s solid professional background: it includes security personnel, lawyers, journalists, IT security experts, and ethical hackers. The content is grounded in real-world cases and emphasizes being easy to understand, interactive, and non-preachy, making it suitable for non-technical audiences looking to build risk awareness. Corporate clients can also extend services to anti-phishing, penetration testing, and IT forensics. The drawbacks are that course information is relatively scattered, while pricing, deliverables, post-course support, and certification details are not transparent. Slides are usually not provided. Children’s and parent lectures in the Munich area also have local restrictions and require contacting police resources.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is better suited to local German schools, educational institutions, and corporate HR/compliance/IT security teams purchasing offline or hybrid training. It is not a good match for Chinese users looking for Chinese-language online courses, standardized certificates, or self-service purchasable online classes. The source text does not provide information on website access from mainland China, so this remains unknown.