Title:
"AI-Powered Cybersecurity: risks and opportunities"

Timing

Topic & Presenter

5 min

Moderator explanation of the dynamics of the panel
Presentation of the panelists - Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)

5 min

Panelist 1 - Jakub KwiatkowskiMaksymilian Marcinowski

5 min

Panelist 2 - CESNET representative

5 min

Panelist 3 - SIG-AI representative (Jan - DFN??)

5 min

Panelist 4 - Researcher from Prague, Innovation programme researcher or SURF or PSNC representative?

3 min

1st question to Panelist 1:

3 min

2nd question to panelist 2:

3 min

3rd question to panelist 3:

-- min

Open questions from audience AND prepare some backup questions to stimulate discussion

10 min

Closing phrases from each panelist

and final acknowledgments from the moderator 

Suggested questions (to be discussed):

  1. What is the mayor challenge for NRENs to use AI?
  2. What is the mayor risk of using AI for security?
  3. Will AI-based threats lead to a major change in cybersecurity?
  4. What is the most important impact/contribution of LLMs in cybersecurity?
  5. Who profits more red team or blue team? (are the models more beneficial to attackers or defenders?)
  6.    Is the availablibility of data sufficient for cybersecurity? What prevents of having the datasets available?
  7. How can we increase the trust of network operators in automate decision based on ML models in cybersecurity (ex: with active decisions of blocking something) ?

Suggested names to invite (to be discussed):

  1. Researcher in AI and Cybersecurity: leader of this group: https://www.aic.fel.cvut.cz

    Prof. Michal Pechoucek https://www.praguecybersecurityconference.com/michal-pechoucek/ 

  2. Leader of the project funded by GEANT in the Innovation Programme: Explainable AI for DNS Security in Privacy-aware NREN Federations - FedXAI4DNS from the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems – ICCS – Greece