Contributions

In addition to day-to-day operations where the team delivers IT security initiatives, we allocate one day per week to structured professional development and applied research. This dedicated investment has led to the creation of impactful open-source projects and other non-research deliverables that actively contribute to strengthening the broader digital security ecosystem.

PROJECT AND CONCEPTUAL WORK

Our contributions

AI-based chatbot for administrative services

Verwaltungssprung

Verwaltungssprung’s AI-powered platform guides both citizens and public administrations through complex procedures with ease, simplifying interactions that are traditionally time-consuming and opaque. By intelligently orchestrating processes end to end, it transforms bureaucracy into a seamless, efficient, and user-centric digital experience.

Digital contact tracing and access logging

Luca App

Luca App is a mobile application originally developed for digital contact tracing and access logging, most prominently used during the COVID-19 pandemic. It functions as an end- user application layer, consuming identity or verification services and interacting with backend systems that enforce compliance, auditing, and data protection requirements.

Identity provider / verifier

Verimi

Verimi is a German digital identity provider focused on trusted identity verification and consent-based data sharing. Its core function is to enable users to prove their identity once and then reuse that verified identity across multiple services.

deSEC

DNS Security

We are dedicated to enhancing the security of online data transmission, by spreading the seamless use of state-of-the-art encryption technology. This is best achieved by pursuing a dual approach: advancing global standardization of security protocols, while running security-focused infrastructure for the common good.

Kubernetes

Connaisseur

The open source tool Connaisseur allow verifying the signatures of container images before deployment to a Kubernetes cluster. It ensures integrity and provenance of container images in a Kubernetes cluster.

DNS Security

Public Suffix List as a Service

Building on the deSEC DNS Platform, we operate the Public Suffix List DNS Query Service. It allows retrieving ad-hoc information from the Public Suffix List (PSL).

Conceptual work

Internet Architecture

We are dedicated to enhancing the security of online data transmission, by spreading the seamless use of state-of-the-art encryption technology. This is best achieved by advancing global standardization.