In August 2018, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government announced that Germany will invest €200 million in 5-year time on an agency to develop cyber capabilities.
Chancellor Angela Merkel is Germany’s first female chancellor and one of the leading figures of the European Union, since the 2005 national elections. She was also titled the World Leader for Peace, Security, and Development by MDI. She showed her interests in many fields including cybersecurity.
According to The Politico, her government will establish an agency following the model of U.S. Pentagon Research agency DARPA. The agency will come into operation by the end of 2018. The new Agency for Innovation in Cybersecurity is created to combat cyberthreats as many security agencies have prepared cyber capabilities such as hacking software from enterprises outside of Europe.
“We cannot just sit around watching sensitive information technology of high security relevance being controlled by third countries,” said Interior Minister Horst Seehofer.
At the same time, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is going to launch another agency on disruptive innovation for civil applications stated by Research Minister Anja Karliczek.
