The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA), an international nonprofit dedicated to eradicating cyber risk, announced today the appointment of Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar as the new chair of its Board of Directors.

With the NIS-2 directive, the EU has defined a new framework for cybersecurity, and even smaller companies can now fall under the critical definition. But they are sometimes left alone, comments Nils Brinker from ESMT Berlin.

Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, the director of the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin, talks to The Irish Tech News Podcast about her background, cyber attack definitions and response, the Estonian cyber attack in 2007, and more.

Nils Brinker, a researcher at the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin, writes an article for Golem, where he discussed the NIS-2 Directive and its implications for IT security.

UN negotiations on establishing rules of conduct in cyberspace have often threatened to fail. Yet they are elementary for the community of nations in cyberspace, says Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, director of the Digital Society Institute at ESMT.

Sandro Gaycken, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT Berlin, speaks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and what it means for Western security policy.

In an interview with Tagesspiegel, Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, talks about the new opportunities at the DSI, the challenges posed by Brussels regulations for small and medium-sized companies, and a general paradigm shift in cybersecurity.

In his article for Golem, Nils Wehkamp, a researcher at the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin, talks about the similarities between legal texts and programming and their differences in practice.

In her article for Lieber Institute Westpoint, Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, the Director of the Digital Society Institute at ESMT Berlin, writes about what constitutes an armed attack in cyberspace.

Sandro Gaycken, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, talks about how Ukraine is also in a cyberwar as Russia tries to access Ukrainian government data.

Among other experts, Isabel Skierka, program leader technology policy at the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, gave an opinion on the use of digital identity technologies.

Sandro Gaycken, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, spoke with Deutsche Welle about pro-Russian fabricated posts pretending to be those of the BBC, CNN, and DW fueling the mis- and disinformation war between Russia and Ukraine.

With many billions of euros, European semiconductor production is to be revived. Lola Attenberger, researcher & project lead at the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, explains why this industrial policy makes sense.

In Russia's attack on Ukraine, the Kremlin has so far made limited use of cyberattacks. But that could soon change, explains Sandro Gaycken, founding director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT.

Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, director of the Digital Society Institute (DSI) at ESMT, speaks about what could be expected from the EU Cyber Rapid Response Team during cyberattacks by Russia against EU countries.