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ATHENE at the it-sa 2025

October 07 – 09, 2025

Location: Nürnberg

Cybersecurity is one of the key challenges that companies must overcome in order to protect their business processes and meet compliance requirements. The Fraunhofer Institutes SIT and IGD, which are involved in ATHENE, will be showcasing their latest developments and solutions at the Fraunhofer Society's joint booth in Hall 6, Booth 416. Our experts will also be giving presentations at itsa-insights. Another highlight will be the presentation of the ATHENE Startup Award UP25@it-sa at the trade fair.

Register at the it-sa 365 and make an appointment with our cybersecurity experts.
To make an appointment, please register by email at messe@remove.this.sit.fraunhofer.de or at annika.mast@remove.this.igd.fraunhofer.de.

Our solutions and offerings

Efficient network analysis with NetCapVis
Understanding complex network data made easy: NetCapVis transforms difficult-to-interpret PCAP data into intuitive visualizations. Our solution enables IT security experts to perform efficient network analysis without in-depth programming knowledge—using interactive dashboards instead of complex queries. Threats are detected faster, training costs are reduced, and incident response is optimized.
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User-centered vulnerability assessment
Finding critical vulnerabilities amid the chaos: We develop intelligent user interfaces that help development teams effectively prioritize and verify the flood of scanner results. Our solution makes security vulnerabilities understandable and manageable, accelerates development cycles, and increases software security.

Real-time identification in crowds
Security without interruption: Intelligent glasses with AI-powered facial recognition identify wanted persons or suspicious behavior in large crowds. Security personnel receive discreet real-time alerts without disrupting the natural flow of people. Our solution ensures proactive security, unobtrusive surveillance, and optimized resource utilization.

ATHENE Cyber Range - Security training for your security teams
How well your IT team is prepared for an emergency will show the next real attack—or a day at a cyber range, a realistic attack simulation. The ATHENE Cyber Range is a virtual training environment where cybersecurity experts can practice responding to simulated cyber attacks. Here, IT teams can be placed in realistic attack situations, test team behavior in stressful situations, and improve their security skills.
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Appicaptor - App security for your organization
The IT security and privacy of smartphone apps is often inadequate. It is therefore important for companies and public authorities to only allow safe apps to be used. "Appicaptor" analyzes the IT security and privacy implications of Android and iOS apps and supports companies and public authorities in complying with their security policies for mobile devices. We also present the latest research findings and provide information about potential risks.
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Our training opportunities

IT forensic trainings: Reading and securing digital traces
In our IT forensics seminars , you will learn procedures and tools for the secure identification and evidence-preserving extraction of cybercrime traces. We offer seminars on the authenticity verification of image and video files, text data analysis with NLP and machine learning (ML), an introduction to data carrier forensics, and digital trace searching.
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T.I.S.P. Preparation course
TeleTrusT Information Security Professional - gain a knowledge advantage with an expert certificate for anyone who wants to demonstrate their in-depth knowledge in the field of information security. Highlight your security skills and improve your career prospects with a high-quality certificate. We will help you to obtain this certification. Scientists and IT security experts from Fraunhofer SIT will teach you the seminar content and incorporate the latest research findings directly into the course material.
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Presentations by our experts

NetCapVis - Visual Analytics for Network Data
Dr. Alex Ulmer
Tue, October 7 | 3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Hall 7A
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Nutzerzentrierte KI und Visualisierung für sichere Unternehmensnetzwerke / Human-in-the-Loop AI and Visualization for Secure Company Networks
Prof. Jörn Kohlhammer, Fraunhofer IGD | ATHENE
Wed, October 8 | 3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Hall 6, Forum A
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Opportunities for Better Security: The EU Cyber Resilience Act
Dr. Steven Arzt, Fraunhofer SIT | ATHENE
Thu, October 9 | 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Hall 6 - Forum A
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ATHENE Startup Award UP25@it-sa

For the eighth time, the best cybersecurity startup in the DACH region will be chosen this year. All startups offering products or services in the areas of IT security or data protection and are based in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland were eligible to apply. The main criteria were innovative strength, team spirit, and, of course, a convincing business model. A jury of experts selected five applicants who will present their visions at the live pitch on October 8 and try to convince the jury with their overall package.

Join us on Wednesday, October 8 2025 starting 3:30 p.a. live in forum F, hall 9!

The ATHENE Startup Award UP25@it-sa will be initiated by ATHENE, IT-Sicherheitscluster e. V. and it-sa Home of IT Security.
Here are all the important informations on the ATHENE Startup Award UP25@it-sa and on this year's finalists: https://www.itsa365.de/actions-events/events/up-award.

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