Welcome!
To the International Cybersecurity Research Focus at the IFSH.

Scientific Research on Cyber & Cognitive Conflict
Deepen your understanding of global cyber conflicts and their impact on security and politics.

Knowledge Transfer & Policy Work
We work to raise awareness, inform public opinion, and cooperate closely with policymakers and stakeholders.

Annual “Shaping Cybersecurity” Conference
We co-organize yearly conference on cybersecurity, bringing together international experts and policymakers.
News
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OpEd on synthetic media abuse in hAI Magazine
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OpEd on NCII published by EUObserver
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Peer-reviewed article published in “Politics & Policy”
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Webinar with the students of the University of Warsaw
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ICS at the German Forum Security Politics by BAKS
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Policy report on NCII published!
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Keynote speech at the Constitutional Club in New Delhi
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Addressing Child Sexual Abuse Materials in peer-reviewed article
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OpEd on tech-authoritarianism published in Golem.de
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Keynote at the seminar organized by the Western Institute
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OpEd for Tagesspiegel Background on LLM-Grooming
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Preparations for Cyber Agora
Research Topics

Cyber Conflict
Cyber conflict & the use of offensive cyber operations or active cyber defence as an element of International Relations. Governance of the cyber domain: cyber norms, confidence building measures and international law.

Cyber-Security & Strategies
Cybersecurity & cyber defence best-practices: vulnerability disclosure, cyber ranges, bug bounties and the evolution of security controls. Peace and security implications of the cybercrime ecosystem & ransomware. Analysing cyber strategies of allies and adversaries.

Hybrid Threats & Information Warfare
Information warfare, cognitive threats, memetic warfare and the use of synthetic media to influence democracies.
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Cyber & Cognitive Conflict Compass (C4) Substack
Weekly update on cyber and information warfare events around the globe, cyber-policy developments, new academic papers, and noteworthy IT-security news. Hosted via Substack.
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