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Virtual Routes tackles the impact of digital and emerging technologies on global affairs. Also check out @bindinghook.bsky.social, our media outlet.
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· Nov 26
📣 Virtual Routes is here! ECCRI and ECCRI CIC are now Virtual Routes, an organization dedicated to tackling the impact of digital technologies on global affairs through research, education, and public engagement. Find out more on our new site: virtual-routes.org #VirtualRoutes
If we had to sum up this year at Virtual Routes in one word, it would be momentum. Thank you 2025! 🌟 Stay tuned for the 2026 chapter of our story. Read the full year in review by @jamesshires.bsky.social: virtual-routes.org/building-mom...
Building momentum: Virtual Routes in 2025
After 5 years of slowly building the organization and attracting a smart, passionate, and friendly community around diverse issues of security and technology, in 2025 the Virtual Routes snowball took ...
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December 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
If we had to sum up this year at Virtual Routes in one word, it would be momentum. Thank you 2025! 🌟 Stay tuned for the 2026 chapter of our story. Read the full year in review by @jamesshires.bsky.social: virtual-routes.org/building-mom...
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Binding Hook’s 2025 focused on European defence, digital sovereignty, surveillance, and ransomware, with regional focuses on with China, Russia, and Israel. #yearinreview #cybersecurity bindinghook.com/another-year...
Another year of Binding Hook!
2025 at Binding Hook was dominated by European defence, digital sovereignty, surveillance, ransomware, and some unsurprising states: China, Russia, and Israel.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Binding Hook’s 2025 focused on European defence, digital sovereignty, surveillance, and ransomware, with regional focuses on with China, Russia, and Israel. #yearinreview #cybersecurity bindinghook.com/another-year...
💭 “Cyber is a domain. AI is cultural. It is about values, political systems and how societies choose to govern technology.” New AI over Lunch interview with Manon Le Blanc of @eudiplomacy.bsky.social is out now! virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
AI over Lunch: Manon Le Blanc
Over dumpling soup in a crowded Vietnamese restaurant near Merode, Apolline Rolland and Manon Le Blanc reflect on how EU cyber diplomacy was built almost from scratch, how the Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox ...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
💭 “Cyber is a domain. AI is cultural. It is about values, political systems and how societies choose to govern technology.” New AI over Lunch interview with Manon Le Blanc of @eudiplomacy.bsky.social is out now! virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
🔍 What is the European Cybersecurity Fellowship program all about? From three keywords to their own experience, we asked our fellows and alumni to tell the story. Read more and apply by 8 February, 2026: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/...
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Apply now for the Virtual Routes European Cybersecurity Fellowship!
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December 15, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🔍 What is the European Cybersecurity Fellowship program all about? From three keywords to their own experience, we asked our fellows and alumni to tell the story. Read more and apply by 8 February, 2026: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/...
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Don't forget to tune in to today's Colloquium session!
Join us for the last session of the Virtual Routes Colloquium Fall/Winter Series next week! 👋 Read more and sign up here: virtual-routes.org/event/danger...
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Don't forget to tune in to today's Colloquium session!
Welcome to the team Bob Herczeg - our new Executive Support and Research Officer! 👏 Read more about Bob: virtual-routes.org/bob-herczeg-...
December 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Welcome to the team Bob Herczeg - our new Executive Support and Research Officer! 👏 Read more about Bob: virtual-routes.org/bob-herczeg-...
🚀 Applications for the European Cybersecurity Fellowship 2026-2027 are open now! Read more and apply by 8 February, 2026: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/...
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🚀 Applications for the European Cybersecurity Fellowship 2026-2027 are open now! Read more and apply by 8 February, 2026: virtual-routes.org/initiatives/...
Join us for the last session of the Virtual Routes Colloquium Fall/Winter Series next week! 👋 Read more and sign up here: virtual-routes.org/event/danger...
December 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Join us for the last session of the Virtual Routes Colloquium Fall/Winter Series next week! 👋 Read more and sign up here: virtual-routes.org/event/danger...
📩 Applications to the two-week Ransomware Defence Summer Bootcamp are open now! Read more and apply by 5 March, 2026: virtual-routes.org/ransomware-d...
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📩 Applications to the two-week Ransomware Defence Summer Bootcamp are open now! Read more and apply by 5 March, 2026: virtual-routes.org/ransomware-d...
We are excited to welcome Nada Gamal to the team as our new Senior Project Manager! 🤝 Read more about Nada here: virtual-routes.org/nada-gamal-j...
December 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We are excited to welcome Nada Gamal to the team as our new Senior Project Manager! 🤝 Read more about Nada here: virtual-routes.org/nada-gamal-j...
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💭Thought bites from #BindingHookLive
Interested in more insights? Read the retrospective on the event by our Managing Editors @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/insights-fro...
Interested in more insights? Read the retrospective on the event by our Managing Editors @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/insights-fro...
December 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
💭Thought bites from #BindingHookLive
Interested in more insights? Read the retrospective on the event by our Managing Editors @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/insights-fro...
Interested in more insights? Read the retrospective on the event by our Managing Editors @jamesshires.bsky.social and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/insights-fro...
It's time - the 2nd edition of the @bindinghook.bsky.social - @munsecconf.bsky.social Essay Prize Competition is back! 👏
⏳ Submission deadline: 4 January, 2026
Read more and submit your essay here: bindinghook.com/event/essay-...
⏳ Submission deadline: 4 January, 2026
Read more and submit your essay here: bindinghook.com/event/essay-...
✍️ Announcing the 2nd edition of the Binding Hook-Munich Security Conference Essay Prize Competition! Read more and submit your essay by 4 January, 2026: bindinghook.com/event/essay-...
December 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It's time - the 2nd edition of the @bindinghook.bsky.social - @munsecconf.bsky.social Essay Prize Competition is back! 👏
⏳ Submission deadline: 4 January, 2026
Read more and submit your essay here: bindinghook.com/event/essay-...
⏳ Submission deadline: 4 January, 2026
Read more and submit your essay here: bindinghook.com/event/essay-...
💭 "AI has expanded what the Data Protection Office must look at, but it has not removed any of the other tasks. AI is important, but it cannot eclipse everything else.” Read the new AI over Lunch interview with Daniel Drewer, Europol's Data Protection Officer: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
AI over Lunch: Daniel Drewer
Over lunch in the Europol canteen, Apolline and Daniel discuss how AI is changing the reality of data protection work in law enforcement: expanding responsibilities, a growing need for technical exper...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
💭 "AI has expanded what the Data Protection Office must look at, but it has not removed any of the other tasks. AI is important, but it cannot eclipse everything else.” Read the new AI over Lunch interview with Daniel Drewer, Europol's Data Protection Officer: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
✍️ Applications to our new 12-week live online course on AI and Cybersecurity are open now! Read more and apply by Feb 20, 2026: virtual-routes.org/foundations-...
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
✍️ Applications to our new 12-week live online course on AI and Cybersecurity are open now! Read more and apply by Feb 20, 2026: virtual-routes.org/foundations-...
📢 50+ new cases from May to November 2025 now added to the Virtual Routes Ransomware Countermeasures Tracker - the most comprehensive database of government countermeasures worldwide! Read more: virtual-routes.org/three-insigh...
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 AM
📢 50+ new cases from May to November 2025 now added to the Virtual Routes Ransomware Countermeasures Tracker - the most comprehensive database of government countermeasures worldwide! Read more: virtual-routes.org/three-insigh...
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✨ 2 years of Binding Hook! ✨Thank you for your readership and contributions. Here’s to the years to come! 🥂
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
✨ 2 years of Binding Hook! ✨Thank you for your readership and contributions. Here’s to the years to come! 🥂
🗓️ Mark your calendar for the next Colloquium session this week! Read more and sign up here: virtual-routes.org/event/positi...
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🗓️ Mark your calendar for the next Colloquium session this week! Read more and sign up here: virtual-routes.org/event/positi...
That's a wrap on the second Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars networking event in Paris! 🇫🇷 Read more: virtual-routes.org/the-second-g...
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
That's a wrap on the second Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars networking event in Paris! 🇫🇷 Read more: virtual-routes.org/the-second-g...
Announced today at the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars program annual networking event, we are excited to share the newest resource available on our website - AI in Cybersecurity Toolkit! 🧰 Access the toolkit here: virtual-routes.org/ai-in-cybers...
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Announced today at the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars program annual networking event, we are excited to share the newest resource available on our website - AI in Cybersecurity Toolkit! 🧰 Access the toolkit here: virtual-routes.org/ai-in-cybers...
AI over Lunch - New Interview 💭 “People think Brussels only regulates. But we also build.” Apolline Rolland met Luca Tagliaretti, Executive Director of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC): virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
AI over Lunch: Luca Tagliaretti
Over Lebanese lunch across from the European Parliament, Apolline Rolland and Luca Tagliaretti talk about Europe’s cyber resilience, the ECCC’s role in turning policy into practice, and why regulation...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
AI over Lunch - New Interview 💭 “People think Brussels only regulates. But we also build.” Apolline Rolland met Luca Tagliaretti, Executive Director of the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre (ECCC): virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
Our latest #AIoverLunch takes us to New York, where Apolline Rolland met Tazin Khan, founder of Cyber Collective. They discussed how AI can bridge knowledge gaps, help resource-strained NGOs scale their work, and why cybersecurity should start at the dinner table. virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Our latest #AIoverLunch takes us to New York, where Apolline Rolland met Tazin Khan, founder of Cyber Collective. They discussed how AI can bridge knowledge gaps, help resource-strained NGOs scale their work, and why cybersecurity should start at the dinner table. virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
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🙌 This was Binding Hook Live — a day filled with incredible conversations and discussions on and off stage. Read more insights from Binding Hook Live by our Managing Editors James Shires and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/insights-fro...
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This was Binding Hook Live!
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November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🙌 This was Binding Hook Live — a day filled with incredible conversations and discussions on and off stage. Read more insights from Binding Hook Live by our Managing Editors James Shires and @maxwsmeets.bsky.social: bindinghook.com/insights-fro...
🎞️ youtu.be/MOr-eZ_IJfo?...
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📢 We're hiring! 👋
Are you interested in contributing to the success of Virtual Routes? We’d love to hear from you!
Read more & apply: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/
Are you interested in contributing to the success of Virtual Routes? We’d love to hear from you!
Read more & apply: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
📢 We're hiring! 👋
Are you interested in contributing to the success of Virtual Routes? We’d love to hear from you!
Read more & apply: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/
Are you interested in contributing to the success of Virtual Routes? We’d love to hear from you!
Read more & apply: virtual-routes.org/vacancies/
The annual European Cybersecurity Fellowship field trip - done! ✅ Thank you for hosting us @bindinghook.bsky.social, @ncsc.gov.uk, FCDO and the Estonian Embassy in London!
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The annual European Cybersecurity Fellowship field trip - done! ✅ Thank you for hosting us @bindinghook.bsky.social, @ncsc.gov.uk, FCDO and the Estonian Embassy in London!
AI over Lunch — New Interview 💭
“People expect the ones most harmed by systems to also be the ones to dismantle them.”
This week, Apolline Rolland meets Tazin Khan of Cyber Collective.
🔗 Read: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
#AIOverLunch #Cybersecurity #DigitalLiteracy #AI #TechForGood
“People expect the ones most harmed by systems to also be the ones to dismantle them.”
This week, Apolline Rolland meets Tazin Khan of Cyber Collective.
🔗 Read: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
#AIOverLunch #Cybersecurity #DigitalLiteracy #AI #TechForGood
AI over Lunch: Tazin Khan
This week, the AI lunch lands in New York, where I meet Tazin Khan, founder of Cyber Collective, a non-profit organisation that uses education and community engagement to make cybersecurity, data prot...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
AI over Lunch — New Interview 💭
“People expect the ones most harmed by systems to also be the ones to dismantle them.”
This week, Apolline Rolland meets Tazin Khan of Cyber Collective.
🔗 Read: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
#AIOverLunch #Cybersecurity #DigitalLiteracy #AI #TechForGood
“People expect the ones most harmed by systems to also be the ones to dismantle them.”
This week, Apolline Rolland meets Tazin Khan of Cyber Collective.
🔗 Read: virtual-routes.org/ai-over-lunc...
#AIOverLunch #Cybersecurity #DigitalLiteracy #AI #TechForGood