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This week, we're joined by Marietje Schaake. She's International Policy Director at Stanford University Cyber Policy Center, International Policy Fellow at Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and also serves on the UN’s A.I. Advisory Body. We take a deep dive into how the digital revolution can still fulfill its promise of a democratic revolution. In other words: make A.I. work for democracy. Tune in to the full episode now: https://lnkd.in/eEKF_gff

Meeting Your Hero Imagine if you were a physicist and you had the opportunity to speak to Isaac Newton or, as a mathematician, to speak, to Carl Friedrich Gauss. This week, it will happen for me, as Whitfield Diffie is coming along to speak to our students and guests. And, so, I have never been so nervous in speaking to someone … even Queen Elizabeth II … than with the Father of Cryptography … Whitfield Diffie. For this, on Tuesday, I have the chance to speak to him. Basically, if you’re a physicist, there’s a good chance that Brian Cox was the person who got you into your area. For me, I do what I do because of Whitfield Diffie and Marty Hellman. I have read their paper so many times, and I just love how it secured our world. The work at Stanford (Hellman and Diffie) and MIT (Rivest, Shamir and Adleman) in the 1980s, too, has motivated me in my research and created our foundation of cybersecurity. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQv2HtFE

It is really exciting to see our paper in this special issue of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism.

Organisations with limited cyber security in place continue to be a prime target for cyber criminals looking to exploit loopholes and gain access to sensitive data, as shown in this recent article. However, it isn't necessarily the organisation's #data that is the target, but more about who the target works with. In this case, universities work with a range of suppliers and conduct research with businesses that can provide access to larger organisations with more sensitive data. The cyber criminals then look for clues and loopholes that would provide information or access to other businesses. Neuways have worked with COO's and CFO's all over the world to help them protect their company's sensitive data. Let us help you strengthen your #cybersecurity processes and ensure that your business is not the next target. Don't wait for a #data breach like this one to occur to your company; it's not worth the #financial consequences. hello@neuways.com 01283 753333 neuways.com/contact-us/

It's British Science Week!! Well, British Science 10 days actually but that doesn't have quite the same ring to it! This year's theme is #SmashingStereotypes. Celebrating the diverse people and careers in science and engineering. Certainly something that all STEM and Cyber Security can relate to. Check out more initiatives and activities here 👉 https://loom.ly/NdjyHoE #BritishScienceWeek #BSW24 #STEMforEveryone

There are a few critical scientific researches which are carried out beyond the purview of funding agencies, for national and global security.

Global and national security is a strategic area of focus for the University of South Florida, an integral component of the university’s long-term plan for success. GNSI leads that strategic effort, operating at the boundary of technology and policy, focusing on innovative science and technology, human dynamics and social behavior, and cybersecurity.   The next step in our evolution begins today with the creation of the GNSI Fellows Program. This group of highly successful thought leaders and experts from a mixture of academics, practitioners, and industry professionals will greatly expand our capabilities and expertise across multiple spectrums. As 21st-century challenges continue to grow more complex and daunting, our mission to provide actionable solutions to these challenges requires us to continue to accelerate our growth.   Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gAkhzNN5 Andrew Borene Robert Burrell, PhD Carolyne Davidson Mark Grzegorzewski, PhD Andrew Hammond Michael Goodman Christopher Hunter Christopher Marsh Jennifer McArdle, Ph.D. Celestino Perez, Jr., Ph.D. Frank Sobchak, PhD David H. Ucko Manish Agrawal Norma A. Alcantar Golfo Alexopoulos Randy Borum Dr. Adib Farhadi John Licato Anthony J. Masys CD, PhD Amber Mehmood Stephen Neely Zacharias Pieri JONGSEOK WOO #technology #policy #nationalsecurity #usf #fellows

📢 New Threat Spotlight: Chinese Scholarship Council 📢 We are excited to share our very first Threat Spotlight on a critical issue affecting national security and academic institutions. 🔍 Our Threat Spotlight explores the balance between international collaboration and national security, highlighting the risk of CSC PhD students transferring sensitive knowledge to China. 📚 Key Points: - Dutch universities are prime targets for espionage, threatening national 'knowledge security'. -The Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC) collaborates with Dutch universities, posing a security risk. Join the discussion on protecting our research and innovations below 👇 #Insidersisk #Nationalsecurity #Academicespionage #universities #security #insiderthreat

📰 👉 Glad to share one of the results of Pavlo Burdiak's stay with us here at the Lodz Cyber Hub University of Lodz as part of his International Visegrad Fund scholarship: 📰 "Countering #Disinformation on Social Media #Platforms: Developments in the #EU and #Poland" is out and in open access by #Mediaforum Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University. 🔎 We explored the challenges posed by the spread of malicious disinformation in European democracies, particularly focusing on initiatives within the EU and Poland. Drawing on extensive research, we highlight the evolution of anti-disinformation, including EUvsDisinfo activities within the EU since 2015 and shed light on the current landscape in Poland and elsewhere, with a focus on Meta's #facebook. Our findings emphasize the importance of comprehensive strategies that combine legal frameworks, including the #DSA, media literacy initiatives, civil society engagement, and technological innovations to effectively combat disinformation while safeguarding democratic principles and freedom of expression in the digital age. 📖 🔖 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dw_dbDft 🔗 DOI: [10.31861/mediaforum.2023.13.143-160] 🔊 Feedback welcome!

[12/28, 9:39 AM] Barath Cyber 💥: History History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.[6][7] Historians debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving perspective on the problems of the present.[6][8][9][10] #snsinstitution #deptofcybersince2022