Welcome to Engineering Secure Systems!

As a sub-institute of the KASTEL Institute, we conduct research on the Helmholtz Topic Engineering Secure Systems (ESS). The Topic ESS is one of the three Topics in the EDF (Engineering Digital Futures) program in the Helmholtz Research Field Information. With 25 principal investigators and an interdisciplinary scientific team of about 90 PhD students and postdocs, we pursue the goal of advancing the development of engineering secure systems for critical infrastructures.

We rely on highly interdisciplinary research to quantify security in order to find the best possible trade-offs between security goals and other requirements. We combine basic research with specific applications of cybersecurity in the areas of future energy, mobility and production systems. As part of the Helmholtz Association, we are united by the mission to solve the major challenges facing society, science and industry, and to help shape our future by combining research and technology development with innovative application and supply perspectives for tomorrow's world.