Science Europe, an organisation representing research performing and research funding organisations, has published a report on research security. The report, released on 28 October 2025, provides six key policy messages as the result from a series of workshops, organised between January and June 2025 by the Science Europe Task Force on Research Security. The workshops dealt with balancing openness, security, and academic freedom with policies and measures to protect national and economic security. International collaboration is integral to scientific excellence in research and innovation. Increasing attention to national and economic security has led to the emergence of new approaches in strengthening research security and mitigating the unavoidable risks of international collaboration. For national research funding and research performing organisations, balancing openness, security, and academic freedom is an ongoing objective.