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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In her research, Dr. Ana-Maria Cretu focuses on the privacy, security, and safety of general-purpose models.
A new study by Ali Mustafa shows how the interaction of modern security mechanisms can inadvertently expose sensitive information.
Major honor at the IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium for sustained scientific impact.
CISPA researcher Dr. Wouter Lueks has assessed effectiveness, side-effects and acceptance of age assurance technologies (AAT).
CISPA-Faculty Dr. Ana-Maria Cretu investigated whether removing images of children from training datasets is an effective method.
Today, CISPA-Faculty Andreas Zeller receives the 11th Impact Paper Award of his career at FSE 2026.
The first CISPA European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon Championship concluded today with a ceremonial awards presentation at the Ingobertus Festival.
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.
