The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is dedicated to cybersecurity research at the highest level: Conducting foundational as well as application-oriented research, CISPA researchers investigate the threats to which the digital space is exposed and work to protect it against attacks. Based in Saarbrücken, CISPA trains the cybersecurity experts of the future. It is deeply rooted in computer science, but cooperates closely with researchers from related fields such as medicine, law, and sociology. Today, CISPA is one of the world's leading institutions for information security and it continues on the path for growth: It is CISPA's goal to make the digitalized world more secure through innovative, cutting-edge research.
Research foci:
Cybersecurity
Privacy
Cryptography
Trustworthy artificial intelligence
CISPA in figures
32
is the average age of our employees
33,9
percent of our workforce is female
49
nationalities work at the center
2019
CISPA became a full member of the Helmholtz Association
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