The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a German national Big Science Institution within the Helmholtz Association. Its research agenda encompasses all aspects of Information Security.
As a Helmholtz Center for Information Security, we are dedicated to cutting-edge foundational research combined with innovative application-oriented research in the areas of cybersecurity, privacy, and artificial intelligence.
Stay informed about the latest breakthroughs, publications, and innovations from our research teams. Explore our original insights, research articles, and press releases, and don’t miss out on upcoming events and conferences.
We at CISPA strive to offer scientists, along with their partners and families a pleasant and friendly living environment. This means that at our research center, all of us are on first-name terms.
Transferring our research into applications and products is one of CISPA's core tasks. In this way, we ensure that the economy and society at large can benefit from pioneering innovations, state-of-the-art technologies and our latest research findings.
At CISPA, we organize and participate in a variety of knowledge transfer activities. They range from public events and trade fairs to policy consultation and citizens' dialogues.
STARTUP NEWS
Here, we’ll take you on a journey into the world of our startups at the CISPA Incubator, tell you about their brilliant ideas, what daily life is like as a founder, and the technologies the teams are using to improve our future.
revel8 prepares employees and AI agents for increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks through adaptive training.
From its first German edition in 2023 to its biggest English edition yet, “Founders' Fight” reflects the growth of CISPA’s startup ecosystem.
Gimel Technologies is developing verifiable digital mandates to keep AI agents’ actions under control.
RedMimicry simulates realistic cyberattacks to find out whether security systems, processes and teams can detect and respond to an attack in practice.
The CISPA Pitch Day 2026 brought founders and investors together and demonstrated how research can become the foundation for innovative businesses.
This is the kind of story investors could only hope for. Technological and entrepreneurial talent came together.
