Wednesday 25 June 2025
Artificial Intelligence in Security Applications
14:00 - 16:00
Led by: Matthias Rüb & Jan Herbst, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Kaiserslautern, Germany
This interactive pre-conference workshop will explore the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on modern cyberspace. As the first focus topic, participants will gain an overview of the state-of-the-art applications covering AI-enabled cyber-attacks.
Critical aspects include adversarial attacks meant to overcome AI-driven defense mechanisms. In the second part of the workshop different AI techniques for defense applications are discussed.
Lastly the third focus topic is the application of AI for information manipulation especially regarding Large Language models. Attendees will receive a broad insight into those three topics and have the opportunity to engage in discussion and contribute their own ideas and share experiences. This workshop is aimed at all levels of security practitioners and students.
Outcomes and learning objectives:
- Insights in the role of AI in the modern cyberspace
- Understanding of current AI-driven cyber attacks
- Overview of Ai-based defense mechanisms
- AI for Information manipulation
- Exchange with other practitioners and students
Artificial Intelligence & Social Engineering: The Future of Offensive Cyber Operations
16:30 - 17:30
Led by: Dr. Henry Collier, Marshall University
This workshop explores the use of social engineering in offensive cyber operations and the impact of AI on enhancing these attacks. Participants will learn about various social engineering tactics, including phishing, vishing, and pretexting, and how they are integral to modern cyber warfare and espionage. The workshop will highlight how AI is transforming these attacks, enabling automation, personalized targeting, and advanced techniques like deepfakes. Through real-world case study analysis, attendees will see how AI-driven tools are shaping the cyber threat landscape. The session will also focus on defence strategies, emphasizing employee training, technical defences like multi-factor authentication, and AI-driven cybersecurity solutions. Ethical considerations and legal implications of using AI in cyber operations will be discussed. The goal is to equip participants with knowledge to recognize, defend against, and respond to evolving social engineering and AI-powered cyber threats. This program is aimed at Cyber professionals and
researchers who want to know more about how social engineering is being used in the world of offensive cyber operations and how AI is now being used to develop these attacks.
Outcomes and learning objectives:
- Identify the influential factors related to AI based Social Engineering Attacks.
- Analyse the contributing factors related to a successful social engineering attack.
- Evaluate the different methods of using AI in developing more convincing social engineering attacks.
- Assess how social engineering methods have been implemented in offensive cyber operations.
The attendance fee for both workshops is £30.
These workshops are for physical attendance at The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence - DFKI in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
To reserve a place please email Elaine@academic-conferences.org