From Research to Market: Cybervize at the Secure & Connected Demo Days
Cybervize at the „Secure & Connected“ Demo Days in Berlin
On 18 and 19 June 2026, the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) hosted the „Secure & Connected“ Demo Days at the Forum Digitale Technologien in Berlin. Cybervize was there to present the Cybervize platform, as one of the teams the BMFTR has funded through the StartUpSecure programme.
The Demo Days bring together people who rarely share a table: research-driven founding teams, potential users and investors. The guiding idea of the event is simple. Excellence in research should turn into market-ready products, made in Germany.
Two funding initiatives, one shared goal
The Demo Days are backed by two BMFTR programmes. StartUpSecure has supported founding teams since 2017 who want to move innovations from cybersecurity research into application quickly. StartUpConnect has complemented this since 2023 with modern communication technologies.
The track record is substantial. Since 2017, StartUpSecure has funded more than 100 projects with around 74 million euros; since 2023, StartUpConnect has added a further 43 projects with around 33 million euros. The Demo Days make visible what has grown out of that.
Why this event was a special one for us
For Cybervize, these Demo Days close a circle. The Cybervize platform itself grew out of exactly this funding. It was built during a 14-month research and development partnership with the incubator of the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, funded under the StartUpSecure programme (October 2023 to March 2025).
That research did not stay a whiteboard concept. It became a product that is in use today at mid-market companies and large enterprises. The journey from publicly funded research to a market-ready tool is precisely what the Demo Days set out to show. In that sense, our appearance was less a trade-show booth than a piece of lived programme results.
What we presented
At the centre was the Cybervize platform: an AI-driven information security management system (ISMS) that connects the governance layer with the operational layer. Instead of treating compliance as a tick-box exercise running parallel to day-to-day work, requirements are woven into the running security and IT processes. Evidence is generated within operations.
In practice that means:
- One standard for many regulations: NIS-2, ISO 27001, DORA, IEC 62443, TISAX, BSI IT-Grundschutz and NIST CSF run on a single data layer.
- AI support that noticeably speeds up the work compared with classic GRC tools and checklists.
- Control effectiveness visible directly in the platform, instead of being gathered laboriously through questionnaires sent to departments.
- Adoptable with a virtual CISO or with your own security team, depending on internal capacity.
Digital sovereignty is not a label
One point mattered to us especially at the Demo Days: security technology built in Germany should also remain controllable from Germany. The Cybervize platform is hosted in Germany, we operate the AI models ourselves, and processing is GDPR-compliant.
For regulated industries, from critical infrastructure operators to financial service providers, this is not a marketing detail but a prerequisite. That is exactly why a funding line aimed at strengthening cybersecurity made in Germany fits so well with what we build.
Thank you to the ecosystem
Our thanks go to the BMFTR, to the teams behind the StartUpSecure and StartUpConnect initiatives, and to the CISPA incubator, without which the platform would not exist in this form. Events like the Demo Days show that publicly funded research really can create impact when research, founding teams and users come together.
Did we miss you in Berlin, but you want to know how the Cybervize platform can carry your ISMS? Take a look at the platform or get in touch with us directly.