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25.12.2025
28 Minuten
AI systems have transformed cyber defence by enabling
self-protecting, self-healing, and predictive defence systems,
but they also transform cyberattacks by opening new attack
vectors and supporting advanced cyber offensive capabilities.
This article examines how AI is leveraged in cyberattacks and
operations, with selected examples of the “big four” states
adversarial to the Western alliances—China, Russia, Iran, and
North Korea. The use of ever-improving AI-augmented cyberattack
capabilities increases the risks of escalation and
destabilisation in international peace and security. The UN has
addressed several gaps in multilateral governance, while
like-minded minilateral coalitions are instrumental for
norm-setting and operational guardrails. However, these laudable
efforts will have a limited impact as long as the main AI cyber
powers are either unwilling or unlikely to allow their AI
capabilities to be meaningfully constrained.
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19.12.2025
19 Minuten
The article contends that security is now defined as much by
protecting cognition as by defending machines or borders, with
hybrid threats targeting both technological systems and human
perception through advanced AI, deepfakes, and automated
manipulation tools. As AI becomes integral to defence, the
article emphasises the necessity of rigorous, ethical governance
guided by frameworks such as NIST and UNESCO to ensure
transparency, accountability, and fairness. It highlights the
rise of cognitive encryption and self-learning AI as key to
proactively defending against narrative manipulation, bias, and
emerging hybrid threats, arguing that responsible innovation,
which is grounded in ethical principles and continuous oversight,
is vital for maintaining both national sovereignty and the
integrity of human judgment in a world where defence must bridge
the gap between technology and the human mind.
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The Horizon Audiofiles - Ep 069 - Cybersecurity, Ethical Governance, And The Risks Of AI Integration
11.12.2025
11 Minuten
The article contends that security is now defined as much by
protecting cognition as by defending machines or borders, with
hybrid threats targeting both technological systems and human
perception through advanced AI, deepfakes, and automated
manipulation tools. As AI becomes integral to defence, the
article emphasises the necessity of rigorous, ethical governance
guided by frameworks such as NIST and UNESCO to ensure
transparency, accountability, and fairness. It highlights the
rise of cognitive encryption and self-learning AI as key to
proactively defending against narrative manipulation, bias, and
emerging hybrid threats, arguing that responsible innovation,
which is grounded in ethical principles and continuous oversight,
is vital for maintaining both national sovereignty and the
integrity of human judgment in a world where defence must bridge
the gap between technology and the human mind.
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04.12.2025
19 Minuten
Critical communication faces new challenges in terms of
cybersecurity in the future. Lessons from Ukraine need to be
understood and incorporated to better prepare modern societies.
The rapid advancement of technology provides new solutions but
also introduces more challenges. Being able to upgrade or adapt
old systems to new technology rather than replace them entirely
is more important than ever. Concepts such as physical and
digital resilience, as well as dual-use systems and artificial
intelligence, play a key role in developing solutions to future
challenges. Cooperation between different actors and sectors of
society is pivotal.
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27.11.2025
30 Minuten
Given the relevance, evolution, and proliferation of cognitive
warfare in the modern age, it is necessary to delve deeper into
the concept to gain an empirical understanding that can inform
future policies and practices. Accordingly, a systematic
literature review was carried out to define the concept in
relation to six key aspects, namely its demarcation from adjacent
fields, the actors involved, the targets of cognitive attacks, as
well as the significance of cyberspace, the lawfulness, and the
role of intent. Additionally, these aspects were analysed through
the lenses of the two main schools of thought currently
dominating cognitive warfare–namely a minimalist and maximalist
approach. Even though both perspectives add valuable aspects to
the conceptualisation of cognitive warfare, the maximalist
interpretation is preferable due to its ability to reflect more
accurately the current scope and understanding of what cognitive
warfare entails.
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