This webinar will talk about how AI is changing the cyber threat landscape and what humans can do about It. The cyber threat landscape is rapidly evolving, with AI playing a central role on both sides of the conflict.
This session will explore how malicious actors are leveraging AI to automate attacks, evade detection, and exploit human vulnerabilities. At the same time, we'll examine how AI is being harnessed defensively to detect threats faster, respond more effectively, and build more resilient systems.
The webinar will also tackle pressing questions around ethics and AI governance, offering practical insights into how organisations can navigate this complex environment responsibly.
About Maria Bada
Maria Bada is a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University in London. Maria is a behavioural scientist, and her work focuses on the human aspects of cybersecurity and human-computer interaction. Her research looks at the effectiveness of cybersecurity awareness campaigns and the development of effective prevention activities to enhance the resilience of SMEs in cybercrime.
She is investigating the different types of online harms for various vulnerable groups and their interdependencies, as well as the social and psychological impact of cyber-attacks and the aspects such as widespread anxiety and the social disruption caused to people’s daily lives. She is also exploring the cybercrime ecosystem, studying the profiles, pathways and risk perceptions of cybercriminals and how they form their groups.
She has collaborated with government, law enforcement and private sector organisations to assess national level cybersecurity capacity and develop interventions to enhance resilience. She is a member of the National Risk Assessment (NRA) Behavioural Science Expert Group in the UK, working on the social and psychological impact of cyber-attacks on members of the public.
