Cyber Duality Podcast Episode 1: Fast Attackers, Slow Defenders - The Real Cybersecurity Imbalance

How do cybersecurity experts see the challenges, gaps, and future of cooperation between civilian and defence actors in Europe?

Cyber Duality: A COcyber Podcast is part of the EU-funded COcyber project and brings together leading experts to answer this question. Each episode explores their experience, the challenges they face in practice, and how collaboration between sectors can be improved.

Through short, focused conversations, the podcast provides practical insights into real-world cybersecurity issues and highlights what needs to change to strengthen Europe’s cyber resilience.

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In this first episode of Cyber Duality: A COcyber Podcast we explore how Europe can better connect civilian and defence cybersecurity efforts with insights from Madhusanka Liyanage, an expert in telecom security and 5G/6G research.

The discussion highlights key challenges such as fragmentation, limited knowledge-sharing, and regulatory complexity, while pointing to practical solutions like joint collaboration platforms.