• S3 Episode 11: Exploring hybrid threats with Alex Romero
    Sep 13 2024
    In this episode, David Backovsky interviews Alex Romero, visiting professor at Sciences Po and founder of Alto Intelligence. They discuss all things hybrid threats – what they are, their history and how the rise of subthreshhold operations challenges the geopolitical status quo. Listen now to find out more!
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    32 Min.
  • S3 Episode 10: All things cyber conflict with Matthias Schulze
    Jul 25 2024
    Audition Template: 1 Mono Host track (with Speech Volume Leveler), 1 Mono Interview track (with Speech Volume Leveler), 1 Stereo Sound FX with effects, 1 Stereo Music Bed track. 44.1k, 16 bit, Stereo Master.
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    48 Min.
  • S3 Episode 09: The cyber dimension of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine with Nadiya Kostyuk
    Jul 11 2024
    In this episode David Backovsky interviews Professor Nadiya Kostyuk of Carnegie Mellon University about the cyber elements of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They discuss what the expectations were before the war, what this special empirical case study teaches us about cyber conflict and much more. Tune in and find out more!
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    43 Min.
  • S3 Episode 08: Creating secure and responsible AI systems with Rumman Chowdhury
    Jun 19 2024
    In today's episode David Backovsky sits down with Rumman Chowdhury, CEO of Humane Intelligence and the United States Science Envoy for Artificial Intelligence to discuss the recent developments in AI systems and how to ensure that AI is developed in a secure and responsible way. David and Rumman touch on many aspects of AI, including the anthropomorphisation that it falls victim to, AI red-teaming and much more.
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    50 Min.
  • S3 Episode 07: On unlawful digital surveillance and spyware with Elina Castillo Jiménez & Rebecca White
    May 31 2024
    Are you interested in better understanding spyware and the digital surveillance industry? Berlin Security Beat host David Backovsky interviews two experts from Amnesty International's Security Lab, Elina Castillo Jiménez & Rebecca White. Together they discuss what unlawful digital surveillance entails, the great cost that its use has on its victims and what can be done about it. The episode also includes advice on how to better protect oneself from possible intrusions.
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    37 Min.
  • S3 Episode 06: On digital state repression with Anita Gohdes
    May 16 2024
    In this episode David Backovsky interviews with Anita Gohdes, Professor of International and Cyber Security at the Centre for International Security and the Hertie School. Anita has recently published, "Repression in the Digital Age: Surveillance, Censorship, and the Dynamics of State Violence" with Oxford University Press. They sat down to discuss what digital state repression looks like, how it operates, and how it complements traditional forms of violent state repression. Tune in to find out more!
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    16 Min.
  • S3 Episode 05: U.S. cyber foreign policy with William Klein
    May 8 2024
    Would you like like to better understand the role of the United States in cyber diplomacy? This episode features William Klein, a former U.S. State Diplomat with over two decades of experience with a special focus on China. William and David discuss a range of issues including the evolution of U.S. cyber foreign policy, China, export controls, digital arms control and more. William Klein is now a consulting partner with FGS Global, a strategic advisory consultancy and is a Senior Associate with CSIS.
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    39 Min.
  • S3 Episode 04: Cyber policy without a template with Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar
    Apr 17 2024
    Do you want to learn more about how cyber policy institutions were built across the last two decades? In our newest episode David Backovsky of the Berlin Security Beat interviews Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar, Director of the Digital Society Institute at the ESMT in Berlin, on what it was like to build up cyber policy & diplomacy institutions across the Ministry of Defense of Estonia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, NATO and the European External Action Service.
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    40 Min.