Cybersecurity & Open Science: Trust in a Fragmented World

Scientific progress depends on freedom, yet geopolitical tensions, technological competition and cyber threats are changing the conditions for international research.

National strategies, Germany's Cyberdome and emerging European frameworks seek to protect critical knowledge without closing ecosystems. The challenge is to strengthen cybersecurity without constraining collaboration, aligning national interests with freedom, openness, trust and resilience on which research and innovation depend.