New main subject areas, new halls and new security essen: The global fair for civil security will put itself on a new footing as far as both the contents and the spaces are concerned. Starting with the coming event exhibitors and visitors will profit from a new hall allocation at Messe Essen. In the future, the structure will be oriented even more strongly to the range offered by the around 1,000 exhibitors and will be divided into six higher-level subject worlds: Services in Hall 1; Access, Mechatronic/Mechanical Equipment and Systems in Halls 2 and 3 and the Galeria; Video in Halls 4 and 5; Fire, Burglary and Systems in Hall 6 and Perimeter in Hall 7. With the new Hall 8, Messe Essen will also reserve a separate hall for the subjects of Cyber Security and Economic Protection for the first time. Moreover, it is planning a high-ranking specialist congress together with the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and BHE Federal Association for Security Technology.

On the occasion of Messe Essen's modernisation, the new hall numbering will be valid at the coming security essen for the first time. The new Halls 4, 6, 7 and 8 as well as the glass foyer on the East Fair Building will have been completed by then. security essen 2018 will thus take place on a largely modernised site which will set new standards after the work has ended in 2019. Short paths, eight spacious and single-storey halls as well as a lot of daylight will offer perfect conditions in the future.