Funding: BMBF/HMWK, since 01/2019

Background: The National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE is a research center of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft with its two institutes SIT and IGD and with the involvement of the universities TU Darmstadt, Goethe University Frankfurt and Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. The centre is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Arts and Culture (HMWK) and is located in the city of science Darmstadt.

Content: ATHENE accompanies and supports the digital transformation of society, industry and the public sector to improve cybersecurity and data protection. With its non-university and university research, ATHENE combines the strengths of the two pillars in the German science system in a unique and innovative cooperation model. It covers all relevant aspects of cybersecurity and contributes to new methods, tools, and solutions through research and advanced development. ATHENE has built up a critical mass of expertise in many subjects of cybersecurity to support governmental and industrial organizations to be prepared with respect to cybersecurity threats.

Project partners: Hochschule Darmstadt, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

Funded members: Barbara Jiabao Benedikt, Rune Fiedler, Julius Hardt, Tobias Schmalz.

Formerly funded members: Dr. Aishwarya Thiruvengadam, Sogol Mazaheri.

External link: https://www.athene-center.de/