With the 2026 edition, the research yearbook CISPA Display enters its third year of publication and has established itself as a key instrument of science communication at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. The publication features selected contributions on scientific work presented by CISPA researchers at renowned international conferences in the previous year and prepares them in an accessible way for an interested public. CISPA Display thus offers a concise overview of current research at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and societal responsibility.
“With this publication, we aim to make CISPA’s excellent research achievements visible,” says Sebastian Klöckner, Head of Corporate Communications at CISPA. “Our research provides key insights for making digital infrastructures and AI applications more secure and for strengthening values such as freedom, security, and self-determination in the digital space. A central task of science communication is to present these complex interconnections in an understandable way and to build a sustainable bridge between research and society.”
Thematically, the 2026 edition spans topics ranging from user tracking via CSS and cybersecurity in the video game industry to new fuzzing methods and the use of AI in drug development. With its printed format, CISPA DISPLAY also sees itself as a bridge between the analog and digital worlds. In a highly digitalized research landscape, the yearbook creates space for focused reading, reflection, and exchange, inviting readers to discover current research beyond the constant digital information flow. The 2026 edition of CISPA Display is now available as a digital edition in English and German on CISPA’s website and can be downloaded free of charge.
