Shaping Cybersecurity Conference 2025

The Shaping Cybersecurity Conference 2025, co-hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and the DEEP - Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT Berlin are bringing in experts to discuss the topic "Stronger Together: Cyber Capabilities for Vigilant Democracies". Geopolitical tensions increasingly affect the cyber and digital space. In conflicts, such as the Russian aggression against Ukraine, cyberspace is part of the battlefield. Digital societies like Germany are increasingly being targeted by state-sponsored malicious cyber activities and cyber crime. Democratic systems are under pressure through foreign influence operations and rising techno-authoritarianism. At the same time, technological innovations such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fundamentally reshaping cybersecurity. Addressing these challenges requires unified action and strategic responses. Thus, the conference will explore how democracies can strengthen their cyber security and resilience at the national, European and international level to safeguard our democratic systems and help shape norms and standards, including through the lens of a growing AI-Cyber nexus.