The Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) is funding the Bochum-based IT security startup with a volume of 517,000 euros for one year.
With their technology, the Radix Security team aims to establish common security standards in 5G mobile networks and provide tools that enable in-depth and automated security evaluation of network components.
Radix Security was founded by Katharina Kohls and David Rupprecht: Rupprecht received his doctorate in 2020 at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. His doctoral thesis focused on securing 4G and 5G networks. During his research he found several implementation and specification vulnerabilities in current mobile networks. Katharina Kohls is a professor in the Digital Security Group at Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen (NL) and was previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Ruhr University Bochum. Her research focuses on the security of distributed infrastructures such as mobile networks or anonymity systems.
With Cube 5, the two have a long history.They are familiar with the large network of founders at the Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security and participated in the five-month incubator program inCUBE in 2022. Most recently, founder Dr. David Rupprecht spoke extensively in RUB News about 5G and its special applications.
Funding in two phases
In two funding phases, the BMBF supports from the idea to the foundation of a company. In the first phase, the development phase, teams work out how the idea can be technically implemented. In Phase 2 it is important as a newly founded company to concretize the business model and business concept.
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Project information: https://www.forschung-it-sicherheit-kommunikationssysteme.de/projekte/gprotect
Company website: https://radix-security.com/
