Atos launches Forensics of Intelligent Systems research program

Atos signed a contract with the Agentur für Innovation in Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Cybersicherheit GmbH (Cyberagentur) and several research institutes to launch the Forensics of Intelligent Systems research program in Halle (Saale) to secure Artificial Intelligence (AI) against manipulation.

The project underscored Atos's role as a committed partner in the field of AI and was described as contributing to state integrity, meeting societal expectations for trustworthiness, and increasing economic security. The organizations linked the work to Atos Germany's AI portfolio and its stated emphasis on trust, transparency, and European sovereignty.

The research project develops prototype methods and tools intended to enable legally sound detection of manipulations on continuously learning AI systems. A simulation environment will be set up in a research lab to test forensic software, existing AI models will be exposed to simulated attacks to identify legally usable traces, and AI algorithms will be adjusted to allow for early detection.

Atos signed the contract on December 9, 2025, with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security AISEC, the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS, the Institute for Internet Security of the Westphalian University, and the University of Cologne. The launch followed a selection process in which three project teams prevailed among nine short concepts.

“Attacks on AI systems and their manipulations are often difficult to detect. For German security authorities, it is crucial to have advanced methods and tools that enable both early detection and legally sound analysis. This collaboration lays the foundation to increase the efficiency and precision of forensic analysis, sustainably strengthen digital security, and improve the criminal prosecution of manipulations on AI systems,” Boris Hecker said.

“Intelligent systems today decide on security, mobility, and societal processes. With FIS, we are creating a research basis for the first time that enables AI to be not only powerful but also forensically verifiable, legally secure, and thus trustworthy,” Prof. Christian Hummert said. The organizations described the project as fitting into Atos Germany's AI portfolio and as another building block of that strategic orientation.