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At a glance | Challenges | Solutions | Contact |
At a glance
In the “Engineering Secure Systems” topic, scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Forschungszentrum Jülich develop security solutions for critical infrastructures. The centres focus on aspects of secure communication as well as reliable systems for the energy, mobility, and industrial production sectors.
In this context, Jülich researchers concentrate on how the existing supercomputing infrastructure can continue to be operated securely at national and European level in cooperation with other supercomputing centres and initiatives.
Challenges
In future, critical infrastructures such as computing centres will become more heterogeneous. This requires increasingly complex networking and computationally intensive control. However, it also makes such infrastructures more vulnerable. They must therefore be equipped to deal with threats such as cyberattacks.
Scientific arrangements, such as the shared use of high-performance computers across institutions, must also involve new types of security architecture.
Solutions
Secure and reliable research infrastructures are essential for modern science and research. A highly interdisciplinary effort will be required to secure these structures both today and in future. Experts at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) are therefore working closely together with all institutes on campus, national and international research institutions, and industry to help make the world a bit safer and more reliable.
To enable joint projects and the exchange of scientific data across multiple centres, Jülich researchers are also developing innovative data protection methods and pioneering user models for cloud community services. For example, the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, and the Leibniz Rechenzentrum in Garching have established extremely fast data lines that allow them to securely exchange large data sets with each other and with users at the centres.
Contact
Jülich Contact Person
Dr. Thomas Eickermann
Deputy director of JSC, head of the division Communication Systems and Services PI in Helmholtz Information Program 1, Topics 1, 2 and 3 (Topic Board Member)
- Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS)
- Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
Building 16.3 /
Room 363
Room 363
+49 2461/61-6596
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Last Modified: 07.02.2025