Industrial and economic espionage - rival companies or intelligence services gaining unauthorised access to business information - is seen by businesses as a growing threat. For the first time, representative data from the 2023 IAB Establishment Panel are now available on this topic for Germany....

Technology-focused Third-Party Service Providers (TPSPs) have become important players in the operations of financial institutions and the financial markets. This paper summarizes microand macro-prudential regulatory frameworks in place to address risks that TPSPs pose to the financial system....

The extraction of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) from open sources is a rapidly expanding defensive strategy that enhances the resilience of both Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) environments against large-scale cyber-attacks. However, for most organizations,...

Cyber threat detection is a critical challenge in cybersecurity, with numerous existing solutions relying on rule-based systems, supervised learning models, and entropy-based anomaly detection. However, rule-based methods are often limited by their dependence on predefined signatures, making...

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) refers to machines that can create new ideas and generate outputs similar to human cognition. This technology has ushered in a new era, offering remarkable learning capabilities and producing unique results. In this paper, we explore the role of GenAI...

Authoritarian states are increasingly leveraging non-state cyber capabilities to expand their operational reach, thereby challenging conventional distinctions between state and non-state activity. This practice complicates attribution and presents obstacles for coordinated international...

As the incidences of traditional crime rates have begun to decline, there has been a surge and shift in the kinds of criminal activities perpetuated by individuals. The recent shift in criminal activities includes organized crime, white-collar crime, and cybercrime.The increased use and access...

As governments across the world increasingly undergo digitalisation processes, ensuring cybersecurity of these provisions cannot be 100% guaranteed. How, then, can governments best respond to a cybersecurity crisis in order to bolster cybersecurity in the future? Even Estonia, one of the...