The fact is that systems such as federal administrations, supply chains, data mergers, critical infrastructures, hardware, but also technologies in difficult environments, such as in space, are essential for the functioning of the state, administration and economy. But the more important a system, the more attractive it is for cyber attacks. The safety of the systems is therefore just as central a task as driving forward the relevant research – research that we are initiating.
Our topics in this focus area
Securing security-critical and system-relevant infrastructures and organizations is of enormous importance for public safety. Therefore, we investigate novel approaches for securing existing and future systems as well as the capabilities required for prevention, detection, response and attribution with regard to existentially threatening risks from cyber and information space.
Access to secure hardware and access to supply chains that we can trust are essential prerequisites for any cyber security. This is why, among other things, we are working on the development of hardware that is demonstrably secure. Or with alternative computer architectures that function completely differently to previous computers and also offer opportunities for greater resilience.
In this topic area, we are investigating the specific challenges in the area of cyber security in the administrative bodies of the federal government and the armed forces. The aim is to develop practicable solutions to overcome these challenges.
Cybersecurity in challenging environments is about overcoming the challenges in areas from the deep sea to outer space to ensure secure and robust acquisition, processing and communication of information.
The evaluation of large amounts of data is also becoming increasingly important in official contexts. The ability to exchange data between systems and merge differently formatted data sets is a necessary prerequisite for tapping into the existing and constantly growing wealth of data for holistic analyses. In particular, the evaluation of digitized data of originally analogue data combined with digital information opens up new knowledge potential.
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