Multi-stage social engineering campaign highlights the increasing sophistication of digital financial fraud schemes in EuropeCybercriminals are increasingly professionalising their methods – combining classic phishing attacks with psychological manipulation, real-time...
Society & Politics
Part 1: KRITIS and Cybersecurity – Why building design today is also security planning
Building automation, NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act are changing the responsibilities of architects, designers and operators Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming a central component of modern building design. Networked doors, windows, access control systems,...
Part 2 of the technical article on the GEZE expert discussion: Smart building automation as a key component of resilient KRITIS strategies
In the first part of the technical article on the GEZE expert discussion “Building envelope under control: KRITIS and Cybersecurity”, the focus was particularly on regulatory requirements, responsibilities and the growing importance of cybersecurity in architecture,...
Researchers are increasingly using AI to write texts for them
Researchers are increasingly using AI to write texts for themA study by the University of Pennsylvania has found a decline in the quality of academic papers Artificial intelligence is also increasingly changing working practices in academia. More and more researchers...
Airspace Monitoring – The Foundation of Resilient Security Architectures
The underlying discussion shifts the focus very clearly: away from the sensationalist debate about ‘drone defence’ as a standalone function, towards the sober security question of whether operators actually have a reliable understanding of what is moving above their...
Real-time situational awareness: Technical integration for airspace security
Dr Peter Skiczuk is Director of Defence at Frequentis Unidentified flying objects over airports, military and industrial sites, or drones in airspace: the situation in lower airspace has changed dramatically in recent years. For airspace management, this is no longer...
Rare Earths: New recycling method could stabilise the supply of rare earths
The recovery of critical raw materials is increasingly becoming a strategic issue for industry and national security. Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have now presented a process that allows valuable components to be recovered particularly efficiently from...
Commentary: Between crisis management and a reform backlog
An analysis of Michael Hüther’s assessment of the government The commentary by Michael Hüther, Director of the German Economic Institute, is less a traditional assessment of the government’s performance than a diagnosis of political exhaustion during a phase of...
Germany – Michael Hüther: “The Black-Red coalition is merely managing this turning point rather than shaping it”
Commentary by Michael Hüther (Director of the German Economic Institute) The federal government is merely scrambling to keep up with the crises. My thoughts on a year of the Black-Red coalition: Rarely has a federal government taken office under more difficult...
Europe’s transport infrastructure: safety, climate risks and resilience gaps
New STA study highlights growing need for action on preventive maintenance and climate-resilient transport systems Many experts consider Europe’s transport systems to be fundamentally safe – but not sufficiently resilient. It is precisely this tension that is the...
