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AI tools and systems can prove to be useful to help protect institutions and organisations against cybersecurity threats. But, they can also facilitate cyber-criminals' work in gaining access to your personal data.

This European Cybersecurity Month, we focus on 4 positives and 4 challenging aspects of AI in cybersecurity. 

With approx. 68 admissible personal data breach notification, 22 of which caused by external attacks amongst #EUIs in 2024 so far, how can you or your institution recognise, prevent and mitigate cyber threats that can lead to personal data breaches?

Don't fall into pretexting traps!

Read our comic to learn about pretexting, a social engineering technique that Finley, a cybecriminal, uses on their victim, Amari, to steal their #PersonalData and access their organisation’s systems.  

With AI, the digital landscape is evolving. As the data protection authority of the EU institutions and bodies, the EDPS aims to ensure that AI is integrated into day-to-day lives in a human-centered and sustainable way, respecting privacy and data protection principles.

Take a look at the steps we have taken to build a safer digital future for the EU and beyond.

The Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) proposal aims to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online and offline by detecting the dissemination of child sexual abuse material and grooming. Whilst there is a consensus about the paramount importance of this task, many stakeholders question the effectiveness, necessity and proportionality of the proposed measures.

In this briefing note we explain why the EDPS believes that in its current form, the CSAM proposal would fundamentally change the internet and digital communication as we know it, and that will be a point of no return.