09.-10. June 2026

12th International VDI Conference - Cyber Security for Vehicles, Munich

On June 9 and 10, 2026, the “International VDI Conference – Cyber Security for Vehicles” will take place in Munich for the 12th time. Join technical experts and key decision-makers from leading OEMs, suppliers, and solution providers to discuss the current challenges in the field of vehicle cybersecurity.

Attending: Our automotive security expert Dr. Christian Plappert. He will give a presentation on “A Hybrid Security Interface Harmonization Concept for Raising the Overall Security Level of Connected Vehicles”
• Modern automotive E/E architectures enable a variety of different security-critical use cases and business models
• The requirements regarding security, safety, and performance capabilities
vary depending on the application
• This talk presents a holistic security concept for raising the overall security
level of modern vehicles while acknowledging their heterogeneous
requirements

23.-25. June 2026

CODASPY - The 16th ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy, Frankfurt/Main

With rapid global penetration of the Internet and smart phones and the resulting productivity and social gains, the world is becoming increasingly dependent on its cyber infrastructure. Criminals, spies and predators of all kinds have learned to exploit this landscape much quicker than defenders have advanced in their technologies. Security and Privacy has become an essential concern of applications and systems throughout their lifecycle. Security concerns have rapidly moved up the software stack as the Internet and web have matured. The security, privacy, functionality, cost and usability tradeoffs necessary in any practical system can only be effectively achieved at the data and application layers. This conference provides a dedicated venue for high-quality research in this arena, and seeks to foster a community with this focus in cyber security.

24.-27. August 2026

ARES CyResTrust International Workshop on Applied Trust and Cyber Resilience, Linköping, Sweden

The international workshop on applied trust and cyber resilience (CyResTrust 2026) at the ARES Conference focuses on practical, actionable, and measurable trust as a catalyst for cyber resilience in digital, embedded, and cyber-physical systems.
The CyResTrust chairs are Fraunhofer SIT researchers Dr. Michael Eckel and George Gkoktsis.
Call for Papers: Submissions accepted until May 4, 2026.

24.-27. August 2026

ARES WSDF - 19th International Workshop on Digital Forensics, Linköping, Sweden

Digital forensics is a rapidly evolving field that focuses on the collection, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence for use in court, official investigations, and other legal proceedings. As digital devices become ubiquitous and new technologies enter the market at an ever-increasing pace, new opportunities for criminal activity and new forensic challenges are constantly emerging.
One of the workshop chairs is our IT forensics scientist, Prof. Martin Steinebach.

27.-29. October 2026

it-sa Expo & Congress, Nuremberg

it-sa Expo&Congress in Nuremberg is Europe's largest trade fair for IT security. The trade fair covers the entire range of products and services in the field of cybersecurity: hardware, software, training and consulting services as well as Security as a Service. Important topics at it-sa are cloud and mobile security, data and network security, the protection of critical infrastructures, and industrial Security.