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.
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Michael Backes supports this step and welcomes the special review in the interest of a complete and thorough clarification.
Since July 2024, Thorsten Helfer and Jannik Zeiser have been establishing and expanding the Research Ethics Office at CISPA.
At CISPA, two trained philosophers dedicate themselves to the discussion and assessment of ethics issues in cybersecurity research.
Professor Dr. Mario Fritz, Faculty at CISPA, has been appointed as a member of the Scientific Panel of the EU AI Office.
The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is set to receive a permanent increase in funding amounting to around 45 million euros.
A CISPA study examines how users perceive so-called AI labels and what impact these labels have on the credibility of information.
Our new CISPA-Faculty is researching the limits of trustworthy machine learning.
A code-reuse attack named “Segmentation Fault Oriented Programming (SFOP)” exploits weaknesses in signal handling and Intel CET in Linux systems.
CISPA researchers present an additional security layer for Control-Flow Enforcement Technology at IEEE S&P 2026.
