CISPA – Helmholtz Center for Information Security

The Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA) is a German national Big Science Institution within the Helmholtz Association. Its research agenda comprises all aspects of Information Security.

With its ongoing growth, CISPA will have the critical mass of researchers (500+) to provide a comprehensive, holistic treatment of the pressing grand cybersecurity and privacy research challenges that our society faces in the age of digitalization. CISPA seeks to play a prominent international role on research, transfer, and innovation by combining cutting-edge, often disruptive foundational research with innovative application-oriented research, corresponding technology transfer, and societal outreach. Thematically, it strives to cover the full spectrum from theory to empirical research. It is deeply grounded in computer science and works interdisciplinarily with researchers in adjacent fields such as medicine, law, and the social sciences.

News

Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA)

On September 11, 2018 we received the official approval of the Helmholtz Association that we will become the 19th Helmholtz Center as of January 1, 2019 (then named “Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA)”). The decision to accept us was taken by all existing Helmholtz Centers in the Mitgliederversammlung of the HGF on September 11, 2018. This was the final step on our long journey – from the initial announcement in February 2017, to the founding of the intermediate center (i.G.) in December 2017, to the final acceptance into the HGF as a full-fledged Helmholtz Center now.

September 12, 2018

CISPA-Gründungsdirektor Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Backes besiegelt die strategische Partnerschaft mit ZF.

CISPA kooperiert mit ZF-Konzern

Das CISPA — Helmholtz-Zentrum für Informationssicherheit hat heute mit dem ZF-Konzern eine strate...

March 12, 2019

Distinguished Paper Award at NDSS

CISPA Researchers Inken Hagestedt, Yang Zhang, Michael Backes, and Pascal Berrang won the “Distin...

February 28, 2019

Events

01-04 – 06-04-2019

CISPA Young Researcher Security Convention 2019 (SeCon 2019)

CISPA

Discover more »

Our Research

Cybersecurity is a young and fast-evolving area. As a Helmholtz Center for Information Security, CISPA is dedicated to cutting-edge foundational research combined with innovative application-oriented research in the areas of cybersecurity and privacy. We are committed to the highest international academic standards and offer a world-class research environment that grants extensive resources to a wide range of researchers and that constitutes an attractive destination for the best talents and scientists from all countries.

Trustworthy Information Processing

Reliable Security Guarantees

Threat Detection and Defenses

Secure Mobile and Autonomous Systems

Empirical and Behavioral Security

Stuhlsatzenhaus 5
66123
Saarbrücken, Germany

Location and Network

CISPA is situated in close vicinity to other well-renowned institutes such as the Max Planck Institutes for Informatics and for Software Systems, the German Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), etc. With its interdisciplinary focus, CISPA is keen on establishing and maintaining close collaborations with other excellent research institutes in the area of computer science by establishing joint research agendas and combining their strengths.