IT and Cyber Security

Cyber security and cyber resilience are cross-cutting issues that have become relevant to companies and society across industries and technologies. The average annual growth rate in Germany for the years 2023 to 2028 is around 9 percent (Statista).

Growth areas

  • Cloud computing
  • AI and security
  • IAM/SSI
  • Software security
  • Infrastructure protection

Most important sectors

  • Automotive
  • public administration
  • Healthcare
  • Production
  • Energy
  • critical infrastructures



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Priorities

  • Sector-specific applications for industry, critical infrastructures and public administration
  • Applied encryption
  • Hardware and software security, testing, software certification
  • Infrastructure security and networks
  • Data protection and privacy, AI and security, multimedia security, digital identities
  • Trusted hardware and AI
  • Sovereign trusted data spaces
  • Cyber-resilient architectures
  • Access control (biometrics), incident analysis and forensics

Supervisors

Prof. Claudia Eckert

Fraunhofer AISEC

Prof. Michael Waidner

Fraunhofer SIT