The NOTIONES project is in its final year. On 26 January 2026, it was time the for its fifth and final workshop. The Fifth Workshop was held online, gathering expert speakers and over 20 participants from the consortium. The first half of the workshop was designed...
1. What is the HATEDEMICS project seeking to achieve? The HATEDEMICS project seeks to address the intersection of online hate speech and disinformation by strengthening prevention, detection, and response mechanisms across the EU. It aims to empower civil society organisations, public authorities, fact-checkers, and young people...
Across Europe, public authorities, civil society and media professionals are dealing with an increasingly complex mix of online hate speech, conspiracy theories and coordinated disinformation campaigns. The EU-funded project HATEDEMICS is responding to this challenge by developing AI-based technologies and practical resources that help NGOs,...
The Hellenic Police is a partner in the NOTIONES project, a European network bringing police agencies together to improve the capacity and capability of intelligence functions; Policing Insight’s Andrew Staniforth spoke to Anthoula Bania and Christos Floros, Lieutenant Colonels in the Hellenic Police, about their...
The rise of "violence-as-a-service" (VaaS) has emerged as a disturbing trend in the landscape of organized crime, where violent acts—ranging from threats and assaults to contract killings—are outsourced to criminal service providers. Europol’s Operational Taskforce GRIMM, launched in April 2025, is a coordinated international response...
Faculty of Security Engineering, University of Žilina organized the 28th international scientific conference Crisis situations solution in specific environment, which took place in Žilina on October 15-16, 2025. The aim of the conference was to present new trends, prevention procedures, experience and good practice, current...
On 12 June 2025, Fondazione ICSA proudly hosted the fourth NOTIONES Conference in Rome, marking a pivotal milestone within Work Package 7. Under the compelling theme “Safeguarding Tomorrow: The Role of AI in Security,” the event delivered an intellectually charged forum that explored how artificial...
The article ‘Overview of Cybersecurity Methods and Strategies Using Artificial Intelligence’ by O. Lungol examines the current state, challenges and prospects of using AI to ensure the security of information systems. The author summarises the results of numerous domestic and foreign studies, demonstrating how machine...
In the digital era, corporate cybersecurity is becoming the main frontline for protecting information assets. BDO's article ‘Corporate Cybersecurity: The Role of AI in Data Protection’ discusses the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) as a strategic tool in the fight against cyber threats. In particular,...
The article ‘Prospects for Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Cybersecurity Systems’ by the authors of the National Aviation University presents a modern view of the use of AI in the field of digital security. The authors consider the theoretical and practical model of AI use, which...