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Top 22 Cybersecurity research centers based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 73 cybersecurity research centers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 2,449 professional contacts across them, including 596 with verified work emails and 26 with mobile numbers. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers cybersecurity research centers headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 1, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 1, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
73Companies
2,449Contacts tracked
596Verified emails
26Mobile numbers
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The 22 largest cybersecurity research centers based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 22 of 73 cybersecurity research centers based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 1, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to cybersecurity research centers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceSt. Ingbert, Germany501-1,000430 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security is a national Big Science institution within the Helmholtz Association.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
2Indirect evidenceBochum, Germany501-1,000389 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Progress is our motivation because we are convinced that it will lead us to a successful future – independent of industries, companies and social classes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
3Partial evidenceGermany11-50128 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CS VISOR is a leading cyber security education/training center and professional recruitment & IT security service provider, dedicated to- help people in changing their careers to…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
4Indirect evidenceDarmstadt, Germany201-500128 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT is the leading expert for IT Security and develops solutions for immediate use, tailored to the customer's needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
5Partial evidenceDresden, Germany51-20075 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At the Barkhausen Institut (BI), we focus on facilitating trustworthiness of networked electronic systems through cutting-edge research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
6Indirect evidenceDusseldorf, Germany51-20074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Die IT-Sicherheit eurer Geschäftsprozesse - das ist unsere Mission.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
7Indirect evidenceDresden, Germany51-20059 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir verstehen uns als treibende Kraft einer offenen Innovations- und Wagniskultur und für ein lebendiges Ökosystem zur Förderung von Cybersicherheitstechnologien.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
8Strong evidenceBerlin, Germany51-20057 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Security Research Labs (SRLabs) is a cybersecurity consultancy and research collective committed to making the world more secure.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
9Partial evidenceMunchen, Germany51-20023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Information and communication technology (ICT) pervades all areas of modern society and is a driver of innovation in business and research.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
10Indirect evidenceGelsenkirchen, Germany11-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Institute for Internet Security - if(is) is an innovative, independent, scientific facility of the Westfälische Hochschule ("Westphalian University of Applied Sciences").”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
11Partial evidenceDarmstadt, Germany501-1,00020 contacts →

Partial evidence

“ATHENE conducts application-oriented top-level research for the benefit of the economy, society and the state.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
12Partial evidenceKoln, Germany11-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

Cybersecurity – zielsicher, ganzheitlich, auf Augenhöhe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
13Partial evidenceBerlin, Germany11-5015 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Binary Gecko GmbH is a provider of comprehensive and specialized cybersecurity solutions to businesses and institutions of all sizes.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
14Indirect evidenceBerlin, Germany11-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cyber Curriculum®, steht für ganzheitliche Cyber Security.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
15Indirect evidencePotsdam, Germany1-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS) is an independent, non-partisan non-profit institute in Potsdam with the mission of building bridges between theory and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
16Indirect evidenceDusseldorf, Germany1-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Bei securance glauben wir daran, dass Sicherheit nicht entsteht, weil man mehr Tools kauft oder mehr Checklisten ausfüllt, sondern weil man versteht, was im eigenen Unternehmen…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
17Indirect evidenceWuppertal, Germany11-506 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Das Fachgebiet von Univ-Prof.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
18Indirect evidenceCologne, Germany1-105 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir unterstützen Unternehmen und Behörden bei der Identifizierung ihrer kritischen Geschäftsstrukturen, Prozesse und Systeme, ihren Schwachstellen bei Cyber-Attacken und…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
19Indirect evidenceBerlin, Germany1-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In Zeiten der Digitalisierung wird das Thema IT-Sicherheit für Unternehmer immer wichtiger - dem entsprechend braucht es einen kompetenten Ansprechpartner für IT-Sicherheit.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
20Indirect evidenceNorderstedt, Germany1-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Informationssicherheit ist nur effektiv, wenn sie ganzheitlich umgesetzt ist und im Unternehmen gelebt wird.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
21Indirect evidenceKoln, Germany1-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cyber Economics is the interface between cyber security and economics.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026
22Indirect evidenceWeilerbach, Germany1-101 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wir schützen Ihr Unternehmen vor Cyber-Störfällen und deren typischen Folgen wie Betriebsunterbrechung, Verdienstausfall, Imageschaden, Datenverlust und behördlichen…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 1, 2026

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Cybersecurity research centers based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 1, 2026
24.3%Verified-email coverage
1.1%Mobile-number coverage
33.5Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
12.3%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 1, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
33
11-50
19
51-200
13
201-500
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501-1,000
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1,001-5,000
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How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among cybersecurity research centers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “cybersecurity research centers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names cybersecurity research centers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among cybersecurity research centers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 596 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 1, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names cybersecurity research centers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many cybersecurity research centers are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 73 cybersecurity research centers headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Cispa Helmholtz Center For Information Security, headquartered in St. Ingbert, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most cybersecurity research centers?

Berlin leads with 9 headquartered companies, followed by Darmstadt (5) and Dusseldorf (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 596 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 73 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 1, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.