At this year's Annual Cybersecurity Conference, our Director Prof. Michael Waidner and our expert for Secure Software Engineering, Dr. Steven Arzt, among others, will explore the question of how well positioned Germany really is when it comes to its own IT security. Are our critical infrastructures sufficiently protected so that they have the necessary resilience in the event of a cyberattack? Do we need active defense - and: what does that even mean? And how can small and medium-sized enterprises protect themselves effectively against cyberattacks?