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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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.
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The laying of the foundation stone today in St. Ingbert marks the start of construction on the new CISPA research campus.
As part of his tour of all 18 Helmholtz Centers, he learned about our current research, spoke with early-career researchers, and met CISPA startups.
The 2026 edition of CISPA Display has been published and is available in both print and digital formats.
On April 11 and 12, the fifth regional qualifier of the CISPA European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon Championship took place in Mataró.
Aditya Kumar has developed a test dataset called ToxicBench that shows how well image AIs handle offensive inputs.
In this interview, doctoral student representative Keno Hassler offers insights into daily life as a PhD candidate at CISPA.
Current cybersecurity challenges were discussed in a confidential forum.
Eisenhofer's goal is to make entire systems more secure.
On March 20–21, 2026, the fourth regional qualifier of the CISPA Hackathon Championship took place at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
