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  • Matthias joins the BSI conference advisory board

    Matthias Schulze was invited to join the academic advisory board for the upcoming annual German IT Security Congress of the Federal Office for Information Security. The 2026 motto is “Cybernation Germany: together, secure, digital” and the call for papers is open.

  • PROTEKT – Roundtable Espionage & Zeitenwende

    During this year’s “protek”, the leading conference for critical infrastructure protection, Matthias Schulze participated in a roundtable dubbed “Espionage & Zeitenwende.” Matthias stressed the growing relevance of cyber-espionage since the Snowden leaks of 2013. Many countries, including China, started to copy US espionage capabilities and ramped up cyber-espionage operations. In addition, since the Russian war…

  • Exploring Global Lessons in Cybersecurity

    Lena gave a talk titled “Cybersecurity without Borders – What We Can Learn from Each Other.” The goal of the presentation was to inform the audience about current threats and the lessons that can be drawn from other countries. Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity offer great opportunities but also come with significant risks. Raising global awareness…

  • ICS as part of the IFSH event format “Kurz Erklärt” 

    The ICS team recently facilitated an event on limitations of active cyber defense postures during a recent IFSH “Kurz erklärt” roundtable at the Berlin office.  Cyberattacks against Germany are increasing in both number and complexity, raising calls for more proactive responses. Germany has been debating “active defense” for a while now. However, previous theoretical proposals are…

  • When Silicon Valley commoditizes human robots

    The tech sphere has recently been buzzing about the announcement of the NEO Home Robot. For $20,000 or a monthly subscription fee of $499, you can pre-order your friendly humanoid home assistant marketed to do your chores: dusting and ordering your bookshelves, vacuum cleaning, bringing you flowers, carrying your groceries from the car, emptying the…

  • Discussion Digital Threats and the Human Element: From EU Policies to Everyday Life

    Mateusz participated in a discussion titled “Digital Threats and the Human Element: From EU Policies to Everyday Life,” organized by EU InfoPoint in Cyprus. He shared his observations about the dynamic changes in cyberspace that present us with new challenges. Challenges that are universal, regardless of geographical location, even if the intensity and consequences may…

  • Peer-reviewed article on deepfakes

    Mateusz, together with Professor Stanisław Soczyński, published a peer-reviewed article in the prestigious scientific journal “Technology in Society”. The article was titled “Deep fakes as a tool of political advertising. Can regulatory framework benefit from the Ship of Theseus paradox?”. Deep fakes have been consistently perceived as a threat to social and political processes, particularly…

  • Mateusz speaking on the risks of misusing LLMs

    Mateusz was one of the keynote speakers at a webinar organized by the Future Shift Labs. The meeting was organized as part of The Bridge series, the main aim of which is to raise social awareness in the area of ​​modern technologies. The meeting focused on new applications for large language models, with Mateusz concentrating…

  • Arms control in crisis: Technological and security challenges

    Matthias participated at the panel “Arms control in crisis: Technological and security challenges” at the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung Konferenz in Osnabrück. The panel explored how traditional arms control struggles to address digital technologies, including software, AI, and cyber capabilities. Matthias argued, that unlike physical weapons, digital tools are inherently flexible, hard to define, easily automated,…

  • Interviews on Drones & hybrid warfare tactics

    Matthias was interviewed by Zeit Online about recent drone incursions, cyberattacks against German infrastructures, and hybrid warfare tactics. He stressed that drone incursions are not just about political signaling and psychological effects but generate tangible intelligence for the preparation of the future battlefield as well as for future sabotage attempts. It is therefore of the…

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