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The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a German national Big Science Institution within the Helmholtz Association. We research information security in all its facets.
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🎉 5 Years of the CISPA Cysec Lab – Making Cybersecurity Tangible!
🚀 Yesterday, we celebrated the fifth anniversary of the CISPA Cysec Lab under the motto “Cookies, Code & Confetti – Experiencing 5 Years of Cybersecurity.”
➡️ Find more infos here: cispa.de/en/5-years-c...
November 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🚀 CISPA European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon, Vienna | Dec 13–14, 2025. Collaborate with Europe’s top minds, tackle cutting-edge challenges & explore the future of AI & cybersecurity. Sign up now: cispa.de/en/cispa-hac...
#CISPA #Hackathon #Cybersecurity #AI
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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After ten formative years, Wiestler is stepping down as President of @helmholtz.de.
From the very beginning, Mr. Wiestler has been an important companion on our journey. His trust and support have meant an incredible amount for the development of our center.
We wish you all the best.
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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30 New PhD Students Join During This Fall’s Kickoff Days


We are dedicated to creating an inspiring environment where early career researchers can grow, connect and pursue their academic and professional goals. Twice a year, our PhD Kickoff Days give PhD students the perfect start to their journey.
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Last chance to join the CISPA Hackathon in Paris (Nov 22–23)! 🚀
Open to Bachelor’s, Master’s & PhD students.
Two days of AI & cybersecurity challenges—top teams advance to the Grand Finale in Germany.

🕓 Apply by Oct 31 → cispa.de/en/cispa-hackathon-championship
October 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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✨ Highlights from German Unity Day 2025 at CISPA! From citizen delegation & Rebekka Burkholz’s AI panel to Cyberbriefing, hands-on activities & Apollonfestival – a week full of cybersecurity insights, fun & inspiration!
#TrustworthyAI #CISPA #TDE25
October 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The notarial deed for the CISPA research campus in St. Ingbert has been signed – an important milestone for our shared future.
We look forward to bringing all CISPA employees together at one location in the future and intensifying the exchange between research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Live from Saarbrücken’s Zukunftsmeile 🚀 Our CISPA stand is buzzing: wheel of fortune, interactive stations & great conversations on cybersecurity. Stop by until Oct 4 and see research come alive! #TDE25 #FutureThroughChange
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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✨ Faculty Dr. Rebekka Burkholz participated in the panel “AI Compass for Times of Crisis – Real Help or Black-Box Risk?” at the Dialogue Forum during this years Day of German Unity festivities. We thank all visitors for their contributions to the exchange! #TrustworthyAI
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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We were honored to welcome the Citizen Delegation for the Day of German Unity to CISPA. Guests from all 16 federal states explored our research in cybersecurity and trustworthy AI and engaged in inspiring exchanges with us. #TDE
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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CISPA is launching the first European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon Championship! 🌐 Between November 2025 and June 2026, five regional hackathons will take place across major European university cities, culminating in a Grand Finale in St. Ingbert, Germany. Read more: cispa.de/en/launch-ha...
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Thank you to our colleagues from UCT and WITS, who visited CISPA to meet with our Faculty and science support teams. We discussed German and South African perspectives in cybersecurity and trustworthy AI, as well as opportunities for future cross-institutional research collaborations.
September 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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We welcomed Prof. Ziv Reich, VP of the Weizmann Institute, at CISPA. Together with our CEO Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Backes and senior researchers, we explored PhD & PostDoc exchanges and joint projects—laying the ground for future collaboration.
September 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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On Sept 5, we celebrated our CISPA Summer Party! 🎉 A day of good vibes, global flavors 🌍, live music by She Said Boom 🎶 & team spirit at the table soccer tournament ⚽️. Huge thanks to our Talent team, colleagues & families for making it a highlight of the year! 💙
September 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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From October 2 to 4, Saarland will be hosting the Day of German Unity – Saarbrücken will turn into a huge festival mile!

At CISPA, you can experience how exciting cybersecurity and trustworthy AI can be – interactive, tangible, and hands-on.
We’re looking forward to seeing you!
September 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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🎉 That’s a wrap! The CISPA ELLIS Summer School 2025 brought together over 100 brilliant early-career researchers from across Europe and beyond. A huge thank you to our speakers, participants, and the organizers who made this event so special! 🙌

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August 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Best Paper Award for CISPA! 🎉
Our paper "A Theory of LLM Sampling: Part Descriptive and Part Prescriptive" won Best Paper at ACL 2025 – a top NLP conference! Congrats to Sarath Sivaprasad, Pramod Hauschik, Sahar Abdelnabi & Mario Fritz for advancing how we understand & guide LLM text generation.
August 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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As part of his inaugural visit, the Chancellor made a stop and visited our research center.
In a conversation with the Chancellor, CEO Backes emphasized the critical importance of disruptive research in cybersecurity and trustworthy AI for the digital sovereignty.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits CISPA 🚀🔐

During his inaugural visit to Saarland, Friedrich Merz stopped by CISPA together with Minister President of Saarland Anke Rehlinger. The focus was on our cutting-edge research in cybersecurity and trustworthy AI.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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In our new interview, we talk about the Africa Charter with Isabella Aboderin, Chair of the @perivoliarc.bsky.social. She tells us about the culture shift in the global research ecosystem that the Africa Charter seeks to initiate: cispa.de/en/aboderin
July 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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We’re thrilled to share: Three teams from CISPA have been honored at the SpringerOpen Cybersecurity Awards 2025!

Track A – Best Theoretical Research Paper
Track C – Best Machine Learning and Security Paper
Track D – Best Hardware and Physics Paper

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July 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🛠️ Debugging with AI?
LLMs like ChatGPT struggle with debugging—but there’s still potential. CISPA’s @andreaszeller.bsky.social explains how AI can help and what’s next in the DLF podcast Computer und Kommunikation. 🎧
Listen here: www.deutschlandfunk.de/fehlersuche-...

#AI #Debugging #Cybersecurity
July 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Wow – 5,000 people joined us at “CISPA❤️IGB”!
Thanks to everyone who came by. We captured some great moments to share with you :-)
July 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Congrats to Dr. Benedikt Wagner for receiving the @helmholtz.de Doctoral Award! 🎉 His dissertation was supervised by Dr. @julianloss.bsky.social at CISPA. Benedikt is now bringing his cryptographic expertise to the Ethereum Foundation in Switzerland.
Wishing him continued success and inspiration!
July 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Rethinking Network Fuzzing 💻:
Instead of replacing clients, Fuzzstruction-Net manipulates communication partners via fault injection.

Results:
• 16% code coverage
• 3 times more discovered bugs
• 23 new vulnerabilities, including in Nginx, OpenSSH client and cURL

More: cispa.de/en/fuzzstruc...
July 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM