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GSI and ATHENE start cooperation to strengthen digital information security: Living laboratory allows simulation of AI attacks and analysis of sensitive data
The National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE and the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung are launching a cooperation in the fields of scientific data processing and cybersecurity. The aim of the collaboration is to set up and use high-performance infrastructures for research projects and to improve the security of data center technologies. ATHENE will install high-performance AI computers in GSI’s data center “Green IT Cube” and operate them together with GSI as a living laboratory.
The powerful AI research facility can be used to analyze large amounts of data with the help of complex AI models without external parties gaining access to information. Researchers can also analyze highly sensitive data or simulate AI attacks.
Artificial intelligence plays a central role in cybersecurity research at ATHENE. Advances in AI enable new types of cyberattacks, but also new types of security solutions. Applications that use AI must be protected against attacks. For its research work, ATHENE requires a great amount of computing power, which is therefore bundled in its own ATHENE AI lab. The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT is responsible for this AI lab. In the new AI lab, ATHENE will install a high-performance AI cluster consisting of twelve nodes, each with eight high-end GPUs, in the Green IT Cube and operate it together with GSI as ATHENE living laboratory.
The Green IT Cube is one of the most powerful and – thanks to its innovative water cooling system – most sustainable scientific data centers in the world. A central component of the cooperation is the provision of four server racks in the Green IT Cube, which can be expanded to up to six if required. These racks provide a high-performance infrastructure for servers, storage and network infrastructure. Both partners are contributing their extensive experience in dealing with racks and data centers and want to use the living laboratory for research activities together and with other partners.
GSI is one of eight sites of the Helmholtz Association which are opening up their high-performance computing infrastructure for cooperative projects with companies as part of the HPC Gateway Initiative. The initiative aims to support companies in overcoming challenges in the field of AI. GSI contributes many years of experience with the GSI/FAIR Digital Open Lab, a living laboratory for the development and testing of energy-efficient high-performance computing. In the framework of the Digital Open Lab, experience has been gained in coordinating computer and storage systems with an efficient cooling system and developing sustainable solutions for industry.
The aim of the HPC Gateway initiative is to strengthen the transfer of knowledge between research and industry, promote regional innovation ecosystems and better understand the requirements of industry for the use of AI. By combining access to HPC technology, AI expertise and support from experienced consultants, the initiative aims to support companies on their path to innovative solutions.
“This cooperation is an important step towards strengthening digital information security and promoting innovative solutions in the field of IT security,” says Prof. Michael Waidner, ATHENE CEO and Director of Fraunhofer SIT. “We are looking forward to the cooperation with GSI and to the joint projects.”
“Our high-performance computing center Green IT Cube offers a unique and high-performance infrastructure that we aim to make accessible not only to our own researchers, but also to the wider community as part of the GSI/FAIR Digital Open Lab,” explains Dr. Katharina Stummeyer, Administrative Managing Director of GSI and FAIR. “With Fraunhofer SIT, we have gained a strong partner in the field of IT security and AI research.”
About ATHENE
ATHENE is a research center of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft with its two institutes SIT and IGD and with the involvement of the universities TU Darmstadt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. It has been funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Arts and Culture (HMWK) since 2019. Today, ATHENE is the largest and most successful research center for cybersecurity in Europe and conducts mission-oriented cutting-edge research aimed at directly achieving impact.
Further information:
Information about Green IT Cube: https://www.gsi.de/forschungbeschleuniger/forschung_ein_ueberblick/green-it-cube...
Information about GSI/FAIR Digital Open Lab: https://www.gsi.de/ttr/fair-digital-open-lab
Information about ATHENE: https://www.athene-center.de/en/
ATHENE will install high-performance AI computers in GSI’s data center “Green IT Cube” and operate t ...
G. Otto, GSI/FAIR
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