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Software security reimagined – transparent, comparable, effective
Cyberagentur invites you to a virtual partnering event for the new research programme "Software Security Score (3S)"
On 5 February 2026, the Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH (Cyberagentur) is hosting a virtual partnering event for the new Software Security Score (3S) research programme, which serves to facilitate early exchange and networking among interested parties. The aim of the programme is to make software security traceable, measurable and comparable, thereby enabling transparency, trust and informed decisions in everyday digital life.
The Cyberagentur invites you to a virtual partnering event for the planned Software Security Score (3S) research programme. The event will take place on 5 February 2026 from 11:00 to 13:00; registration is possible until 26. January 2026.
The partnering event is aimed at researchers, companies, start-ups and other players from science and industry who are interested in new approaches to assessing software security. The aim is to provide early information about the content, objectives and framework conditions of the planned research programme and, at the same time, to enable structured networking among potential participants. In addition to an introduction to the work of the Cyberagentur and a presentation of the 3S programme, participants will have the opportunity to briefly present their respective areas of expertise and establish targeted contacts for the formation of bidding consortia. The partnering event is designed as a non-binding information and networking event.
The background to the research programme is the growing importance of software in the everyday lives of end users. Whether in banking applications, networked household appliances or mobile services, the question of how secure software actually is often remains difficult for users to understand. A lack of transparency not only makes it difficult to decide with confidence, but also to enforce legitimate consumer interests. However, both are central to a secure digital everyday life.
This is precisely where the planned 3S research programme comes in. The aim is to develop a broadly applicable evaluation metric that makes software security tangible on the basis of comprehensible, reproducible and efficiently collectable criteria. Security is not understood as a static state, but as a process that results from the context of use, the system environment, interaction with other software and hardware, and the entire life cycle of a product. The assessment is to be consolidated into a comprehensible security score and managed by a central trust centre. In addition, it is planned that users will be able to review or carry out parts of the assessment themselves. In addition, it is planned that users will be able to understand or carry out parts of the assessment themselves.
The disruptive potential of 3S lies in overcoming the binary security assessments that have been common up to now. While existing certificates and seals of approval often only allow limited statements to be made, the Software Security Score is intended to provide differentiated insights into security-relevant aspects. The programme thus opens up new perspectives for an informed civil society and at the same time creates incentives for manufacturers to develop software that is security-oriented and consumer-friendly from the outset.
With the partnering event, the Cyberagentur is creating an early, open exchange space for a research programme that aims to transfer software security from the expert domain into the everyday life of the digital society.
Interested parties can register directly for the partnering event via the following link until 26. January 2026: https://t1p.de/8xtmd
Further information:
https://www.cyberagentur.de/programme/3s
Contact
Agency for Innovation in Cybersecurity GmbH
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Michael Lindner
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Tel.: +49 151 44150 645
Email:presse@cyberagentur.de
Background: Cyberagentur
The Agentur für Innovation in der Cybersicherheit GmbH (Cyberagentur) was founded in 2020 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the German Federal Government under the joint leadership of the German Federal Ministry of Defence and the German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community with the aim of taking an application-strategy-oriented and cross-departmental view of internal and external security in the field of cybersecurity. Against this background, the work of the Cyberagentur is primarily aimed at the institutionalised implementation of highly innovative projects that carry a high risk in terms of achieving their objectives, but at the same time have a very high potential for disruption if successful.
The Cyberagentur is part of the Federal Republic of Germany's National Security Strategy.
The Cyberagentur is headed by Prof. Dr Christian Hummert as Scientific Director and Bettina Bubnys as Commercial Director.
Lars-Martin Knabe, Research Officer Trustworthy technical value chains
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