💭 "AI has expanded what the Data Protection Office must look at, but it has not removed any of the other tasks. AI is important, but it cannot eclipse everything else.” Read the new AI over Lunch interview with Daniel Drewer, Europol's Data Protection Officer: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

✍️ Applications to our new 12-week live online course on AI and Cybersecurity are open now! Read more and apply by Feb 20, 2026: virtual-routes.org/foundations-...

📢 50+ new cases from May to November 2025 now added to the Virtual Routes Ransomware Countermeasures Tracker - the most comprehensive database of government countermeasures worldwide! Read more: virtual-routes.org/three-insigh...

✨ 2 years of Binding Hook! ✨Thank you for your readership and contributions. Here’s to the years to come! 🥂

🗓️ Mark your calendar for the next Colloquium session this week! Read more and sign up here: virtual-routes.org/event/positi...

That's a wrap on the second Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars networking event in Paris! 🇫🇷 Read more: virtual-routes.org/the-second-g...

Announced today at the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars program annual networking event, we are excited to share the newest resource available on our website - AI in Cybersecurity Toolkit! 🧰 Access the toolkit here: virtual-routes.org/ai-in-cybers...

AI over Lunch - New Interview 💭 “People think Brussels only regulates. But we also build.” Apolline Rolland met Luca Tagliaretti, Executive Director of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC): virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

Our latest #AIoverLunch takes us to New York, where Apolline Rolland met Tazin Khan, founder of Cyber Collective. They discussed how AI can bridge knowledge gaps, help resource-strained NGOs scale their work, and why cybersecurity should start at the dinner table. virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

🙌 This was Binding Hook Live — a day filled with incredible conversations and discussions on and off stage. Read more insights from Binding Hook Live by our Managing Editors James Shires and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/insights-fro... 🎞️ youtu.be/MOr-eZ_IJfo?...

📢 We're hiring! 👋 Are you interested in contributing to the success of Virtual Routes? We’d love to hear from you! Read more & apply: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/

The annual European Cybersecurity Fellowship field trip - done! ✅ Thank you for hosting us @bindinghook.bsky.social, @ncsc.gov.uk, FCDO and the Estonian Embassy in London!

AI over Lunch — New Interview 💭 “People expect the ones most harmed by systems to also be the ones to dismantle them.” This week, Apolline Rolland meets Tazin Khan of Cyber Collective. 🔗 Read: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc... #AIOverLunch #Cybersecurity #DigitalLiteracy #AI #TechForGood

🚨 New talk: Machine Learning Security in Practice w/ Dr. Sven Herpig. From altered lane markings to neural trojans—how real are ML threats, and what matters most now? 📅 Oct 23 | 🕒 15:00 CEST | 💻 Online Members only: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Learn more: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/...

Today, we are launching the Virtual Routes Cybersecurity Services Centre, an ambitious new project to improve the #cybersecurity of what we call “Critical Community Infrastructure”. Read more & apply here: virtual-routes.org/cybersecurit...

💭 New #AIoverLunch interview is out now! Today we'll take you to Washington, DC, where Apolline Rolland met Colin Shea-Blymyer, researcher at @csetgeorgetown.bsky.social: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

👏 Three weeks to go and only a few tickets left - #BindingHookLive agenda is out now! View the agenda and request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

☕️ New AI over Lunch interview is here - this time actually over tea. Apolline Rolland sat down with @juliastamm.bsky.social, founder of #SheShapesAI: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

👋 Don't miss the first Colloquium session tomorrow! 📌 Mythical Beasts and Where to Find Them: Diving into the Depths of the Global Spyware Market 💡 Jen Roberts (@cyberstatecraft.bsky.social) & @julianferdinand.bsky.social (Recorded Future) 🗓️ October 2, 2025 🕓 16:00 – 17:00 CET

Excited to join a discussion on the second edition of The Mythical Beast by Jen Roberts (@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social), exploring the complex networks behind the spyware ecosystem. This kicks off the new Colloquium series by @virtualroutes.bsky.social: virtual-routes.org/event/mythic...

We are excited to welcome Hedi Armulik to the team as an Events and External Relations Officer! 🤝 Read more about Hedi: virtual-routes.org/hedi-armulik...

Some really good sessions here if you’re interested in states’ use and regulation of commercial #spyware. 👇👇👇

🗓️ Virtual Routes Colloquium is back with the Fall/Winter (October-December 2025) session calendar! This year, the sessions explore state use and regulation of cyber surveillance and intelligence collection capabilities. Read more and sign up: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...

🚀 From Classroom to Cyber Defence 👉 Read more about how students at ESIEA's Laval Campus turned theory into practice by building a Security Operations Centre (SOC) entirely on their own: virtual-routes.org/from-classro...

#OpenAI and #GoogleDeepMind - battle of the two AI giants 🗓️ Join us for an online book talk with @parmy.bsky.social, presenting her book, Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World, on October 15, 15:00–16:00 CET. Join the Hub: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

💭In our new #AIoverLunch interview, Apolline Rolland sat down with Raegan MacDonald, a leading digital rights activist, to discuss hype vs. reality in today’s AI debates. virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

In the first installment of the #AIoverLunch interview series, Apolline Rolland sat down with NATO's CIO, Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer, to discuss NATO’s use of AI for security and resilience. 👉 Read the full interview: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

Thank you for hosting us for your summer school Adam Mickiewicz University! 🤝Learn more about @jamesshires.bsky.social visit to Poland and participating students here: virtual-routes.org/adam-mickiew... #GoogleOrg #CybersecuritySeminars

🔎 Communications Officer, we are looking for you! Read more about the role & apply here: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/co... #WereHiring

💭 Introducing #AI over Lunch - a new interview series exploring how leaders across sectors are grappling with the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence. Read the first interview with #NATO CIO Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...

We are excited to welcome @disclosing.observer to the team as our newest Senior Cybersecurity Consultant! 🤝 Read more about Max: virtual-routes.org/max-van-der-...

🎤 Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @k8em0.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @lutasecurity.bsky.social. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

Where is #AI really shaping #ransomware – and where is it just hype? Join experts ‪‪Ciaran Martin, Jamie MacColl, Will Thomas, Taylor Grossman & Max Smeets as they discuss AI’s role in ransomware. 📅 To join, register as a member: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We’re hiring! 👋 If you’re passionate about driving impactful projects in a dynamic international team, we’d love to hear from you: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/

🎤 Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @ollieatnowhere.bsky.social, Chief Technology Officer of @ncsc.gov.uk. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

Where is #AI really shaping #ransomware – and where is it just hype? Join experts ‪‪Ciaran Martin, Jamie MacColl, Will Thomas, Taylor Grossman & Max Smeets as they discuss AI’s role in ransomware. 📅 To join, register as a member: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚀 Our new website is now live! 🌕 Same high-quality content, now in a new package. Check it out: bindinghook.com

This year’s #NATOsummit was unusually concise, with just 427 words in its final declaration. Yet it pledged a major shift: #defencespending to rise to 5% of GDP by 2035. What does that mean for cyber? bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Here they are - six brilliant Lightning Talk speakers at #BindingHookLive!

Here they are - six brilliant Lightning Talk speakers at #BindingHookLive!

In the latest Hooked!, editor @katharinegk.bsky.social ties together some fascinating recent research from @benread.bsky.social , @euben.bsky.social, @winnona.bsky.social, and others on private sector elements of Chinese offensive cyber: bindinghook.com/articles-hoo...

⚡ New report ⚡ Who is Doing Policy Research on AI & Cybersecurity? A Look Inside the Think-Tank Landscape by Anna Sophie den Ouden, Apolline Rolland, @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social is here! Read the report: virtual-routes.org/who-is-doing... #ThinkTanks #AI #Cybersecurity

The increasingly popular narrative that #AIthreats need to be fought with #AIsecuritysolutions fall short upon closer inspection, argue @virtualroutes.bsky.social’s Jamie Collier and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social in their latest: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Become a member of the AI-Cybersecurity Research and Policy Hub and get access to the Hub's exclusive event calendar! 🗓️ Learn more & register your interest in joining the Hub: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/... #AI #Cybersecurity #AICyberHub

⚡ New report ⚡ Who is Doing Policy Research on AI & Cybersecurity? A Look Inside the Think-Tank Landscape by Anna Sophie den Ouden, Apolline Rolland, @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social is here! Read the report: virtual-routes.org/who-is-doing... #ThinkTanks #AI #Cybersecurity

🇺🇸 Let's revisit the annual Research & Teaching Day of the US Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics from June! Read more about the event and @jamesshires.bsky.social lightning talk: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...

🌐 @intgovforum.bsky.social meets REMIT! Last week, our Policy Researcher Apolline Rolland presented new REMIT research at the #IGF2025. Learn more about key takeaways from the panel: virtual-routes.org/apolline-rol...

🚰 Last week in Brussels, we hosted a roundtable with public and private sector experts to tackle #cybersecurity and policy challenges in the #watersector. 🙏 Jeremy Rollison, @ricderby.com, Jos Wetzels & all the participants for joining us! Learn more: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...

Gijs van Loon, Apolline Rolland, @jamesshires.bsky.social, and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social call for increased action from the EU to support and protect European drinking- and wastewater utilities. bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Thank you #GoogleOrg Impact Summit for having us! 🤝 Learn more about the event and topics covered here: virtual-routes.org/virtual-rout...