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Chaire Cyber CNI – Cybersecurity for Critical Networked Infrastructures

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France’s Cybersecurity Chairs Unite at the École Militaire: Strengthening a National Ecosystem for Cybersecurity Research

By Marc-Oliver Pahl Actualités / announcements / Cyber CNI / Évènement / Event / Press

A strong cybersecurity ecosystem is built on collaboration, trust, and long-term partnerships.

I was delighted to represent the **Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures (Cyber CNI) Chair** at **IMT Atlantique** during the annual inter-chair meeting organised by **COMCYBER** at the historic **École Militaire** in Paris—a symbolic venue that has educated French military leaders since the reign of Louis XV and today hosts the **École de Guerre**.

The meeting brought together the holders and representatives of France’s leading cybersecurity chairs to exchange research results, identify new scientific synergies, and prepare the joint scientific programme for **European Cyber Week 2026**.

The diversity of expertise represented was remarkable, spanning **critical infrastructures**, **digital sovereignty**, **naval cybersecurity**, **IoT security**, **complex systems**, **cryptography**, **cyber influence**, and **operational cyber defence**.

I particularly enjoyed catching up with many long-standing colleagues and friends, including **Patrice Jaouen** (COMCYBER), **Jean Peeters** (IHEDN – Chaire Souveraineté Numérique et Cyber), **David Brosset** (Cyber Navale – École navale), **Roland Gautier** (Université de Bretagne Occidentale), **Nicolas Belloir** (Académie militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan), **Ivan Neyret**, **Géraud Canet** and **Gaëlle Mistrulli** (CEA), **Jérémy Buisson** (École de l’Air et de l’Espace), **Salah Sadou** (Université Bretagne Sud), and **Sébastien Canard** (Télécom Paris).

These exchanges remind me that cybersecurity research is fundamentally a team effort. The strength of the French ecosystem comes not only from the excellence of its individual chairs but also from the trust, openness, and long-term collaboration between them.

I am proud that the **Cyber CNI Chair**, one of France’s leading academic–industrial cybersecurity chairs, contributes to this national effort by connecting research, education, industry, defence, and European collaboration in support of the cybersecurity and resilience of France’s and Europe’s critical infrastructures.

Many thanks to **Patrice Jaouen** and **COMCYBER** for organising another excellent edition. Looking forward to continuing these collaborations and to meeting everyone again at **European Cyber Week 2026**.

#Cybersecurity #CyberCNI #COMCYBER #IMTAtlantique #EuropeanCyberWeek #CriticalInfrastructures #CyberResilience #CyberDefence #Research #Innovation #DigitalSovereignty #CEA #TélécomParis #ÉcoleNavale #SaintCyr #IHEDN #France #CyberSecDome

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Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience at Eurosatory 2026: Strengthening France’s and Europe’s Cyber Defence Ecosystem

By Marc-Oliver Pahl airbus / announcements / Cyber CNI / Évènement / Event / Partenaires / Press / Research

Protecting critical infrastructures requires close collaboration between academia, industry, and defence. Eurosatory 2026 once again demonstrated how strong this ecosystem has become.

As holder of the **Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures (Cyber CNI) Chair** at **IMT Atlantique**, I had the pleasure of representing the Chair at **Eurosatory 2026**, exchanging with long-standing partners and colleagues committed to strengthening France’s and Europe’s cyber resilience.

A particular pleasure was meeting **General (2S) Norbert Chassang**, President of the Cyber CNI Chair and Cyber Defence Advisor at **Airbus Defence and Space**, to discuss the evolving cyber threat landscape and the strategic role of research in protecting critical infrastructures.

I also enjoyed catching up with **Nicolas Razy**, Head of Cyber Programmes at **Airbus**, and **Aurélie Laize**, Head of the **Airbus Defence and Space Cyber** site in Rennes. Both have been strong supporters of the Cyber CNI Chair for many years and continue to contribute actively to its industrial ecosystem.

Another highlight was discussing with **Nicolas Belloir** from the **Académie militaire de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan** following the launch of the new **Airbus–Saint-Cyr Chair on Lutte Informatique d’Influence**. It is encouraging to see France strengthening its academic and industrial capabilities across complementary areas of cyber defence, resilience, and information operations.

Events like Eurosatory are essential to ensure that research remains closely aligned with operational needs. They also reinforce the partnerships that make initiatives such as **CyberSecDome** and the **Cyber CNI Chair** possible.

Many thanks to everyone for the inspiring discussions. I look forward to continuing our collaboration in support of the cybersecurity and resilience of France’s and Europe’s critical infrastructures.

#CyberCNI #Eurosatory2026 #Cybersecurity #CyberResilience #CriticalInfrastructures #CyberDefence #IMTAtlantique #Airbus #AirbusDefenceAndSpace #CyberSecDome #NationalSecurity #OperationalTechnology #DigitalSovereignty #EuropeanCybersecurity #Research #Innovation #France #Defence #CyberInnovation

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AI-driven Management and MLOps for Networks and Services: Call for Papers for a Special Issue in the International Journal of Network Management

By Marc-Oliver Pahl Actualités / announcements / CFP / Research

📢 **Call for Papers: Special Issue on AI-driven Management and MLOps for Networks and Services**

🚀 New: Accepted papers are published online immediately after acceptance through Wiley’s continuous publication model, ensuring rapid visibility and impact.

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming the operational core of modern communication systems. From cloud-native infrastructures and edge computing to 6G, IoT, and critical infrastructures, AI is transforming how networks and services are monitored, optimized, secured, and operated.

At the same time, the growing deployment of AI introduces new challenges: How do we manage AI models in production? How do we ensure trustworthiness, explainability, security, resilience, and governance of operational AI systems?

To address these challenges, we are pleased to invite submissions to the Special Issue:

📖 **AI-driven Management and MLOps for Networks and Services**
📍 *International Journal of Network Management (Wiley)*
📅 **Submission Deadline (with CONTINUOUS PUBLISHING UNTIL9: 31 October 2026**

🔗 CFP: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/10991190/homepage/call-for-papers/si-2026-000414

This Special Issue follows the successful AIMLOps 2026 Workshop at IEEE/IFIP NOMS 2026 in Rome. The quality of the papers, presentations, and discussions demonstrated that AI-driven management and the operational management of AI itself are becoming defining challenges for future communication systems.

We particularly encourage authors to submit work on:
🔹 AI-driven network and service management
🔹 AIOps, MLOps, and LLMOps
🔹 Large Language Models for operations and troubleshooting
🔹 Autonomous and zero-touch networks
🔹 AI for cloud-native, edge, 5G/6G, and IoT environments
🔹 Explainability, transparency, and trust in AI-driven operations
🔹 Security, privacy, and governance of operational AI
🔹 Monitoring, observability, and lifecycle management of AI systems
🔹 Benchmarks, datasets, and operational experiences

For authors of AIMLOps 2026 papers, this is an excellent opportunity to extend your workshop contribution into a mature archival journal publication with deeper evaluation, broader validation, and additional scientific contributions.

We look forward to receiving your submissions and advancing the future of AI-driven networks and services together.

#CallForPapers #AI #AIOps #MLOps #LLMOps #NetworkManagement #ServiceManagement #GenerativeAI #AutonomousNetworks #ZeroTouchNetworks #CloudComputing #6G #IoT #Cybersecurity #ExplainableAI #DigitalSovereignty #CriticalInfrastructures #NOMS2026 #AIMLOps #Research

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CyberSecDome XR Cybersecurity Demo at IRISA

By Marc-Oliver Pahl Actualités / announcements / Évènement / Event / News

A great day yesterday presenting the European project CyberSecDome at the CNRS UMR IRISA laboratory in Rennes during the visit of the Jeunes IHEDN.

Many thanks to Olivier Barais for opening the session and highlighting the strong cybersecurity ecosystem within IRISA.

As part of the activities carried by the Chaire Cybersécurité des Infrastructures Critiques within the IRISA environment, we presented our work on next-generation cybersecurity interfaces combining AI and XR technologies to improve situational awareness and reduce the cognitive load of cyber experts facing increasingly complex infrastructures.

Marc-Oliver Pahl introduced the CyberSecDome vision, architecture, and operational context, while Fabien Eyssartier delivered an impressive live demonstration of the immersive platform.

The discussions with participants were extremely engaging, ranging from operational cybersecurity to resilience and disinformation challenges. Seeing participants directly experiment with the interfaces and discuss future applications was particularly rewarding.

CyberSecDome continues to demonstrate how Europe can combine AI, immersive technologies, and operational cybersecurity expertise to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructures.

A real pleasure to support IRISA during this successful event — and we look forward to many future collaborations with the IHEDN community.

#CyberSecurity #CyberDefense #XR #VirtualReality #AI #CriticalInfrastructure #CyberResilience #SituationalAwareness #HorizonEurope #IRISA #IMTAtlantique #CyberSecDome

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Exciting Workshop Program Announced – Join Us in Hawaii! 🌺

By Marc-Oliver Pahl announcements / Évènement / Event

🚀 Exciting News! Our Workshop Program is Here! 🌴

We’re thrilled to announce the official program for our May 12, 2025 workshop in Hawaii! 🌺 Get ready for an inspiring keynote by Pal Varga, cutting-edge research on IoT, AI, Industry 5.0, and networking, and engaging discussions with global experts.

Join us for a day of innovation, collaboration, and networking—all in a breathtaking tropical setting! 🌞🌊

📅 Save the date: May 12, 2025
📍 Hawaii

We can’t wait to see you there! Stay tuned for more details.

👉 Who’s joining us? Let us know in the comments! 👇

Networking, IoT, AI, Industry 5.0, Hawaii 2025

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[T42] The Sixth Sense for AI Algorithms: Challenges on Confidentiality, Trust and Security for Mobile Devices – Soumya Banerjee (Trasna)

By Speaker Series talk.cybercni.fr announcements / industry talk / News

📢 Unlocking the Secrets of Secure AI for Mobile Devices! 🤖🔒

On Friday, January 31st, 2025, at 2 PM CET, join us for TALK.CYBERCNI.fr with Soumya Banerjee (Trasna) on “The Sixth Sense for AI Algorithms: Challenges on Confidentiality, Trust, and Security for Mobile Devices.”

Explore the intricate challenges of protecting AI and machine learning models in hardware-assisted Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). Soumya will delve into the vulnerabilities of modern mobile devices, from API extraction threats to intellectual property protection for ML models, including attacks targeting Graph Neural Networks and Large Language Models. Gain insights into cutting-edge strategies for safeguarding the confidentiality and security of AI models while addressing fragmentation, transparency, and interoperability in TEEs. Don’t miss this essential discussion for AI and mobile security innovators!

🔗 https://TALK.CYBERcni.fr/42

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📢 La Chaire Cyber CNI et la Chaire Cyber Naval vous invitent à la demi-journée “L’IA à la croisée des chemins : Renforcer la sécurité ou donner du pouvoir aux cybermenaces ?” lors de l’European Cyber Week ! 🚀

By Marc-Oliver Pahl Actualités / announcements / ECW / Event / News / Press / Press Release

📢 La Chaire Cyber CNI et la Chaire Cyber Naval vous invitent à la demi-journée “L’IA à la croisée des chemins : Renforcer la sécurité ou donner du pouvoir aux cybermenaces ?” lors de l’European Cyber Week ! 🚀

👉 Au programme : des discussions de haut niveau sur l’IA pour protéger nos infrastructures critiques, sur terre et en mer !

📅 Date : 21 novembre, 9h00 – 12h00
📍 Lieu : Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes

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[T36] Dynamic Cybersecurity Risk Management with Responsible AI Practice  for Enhancing Security and Resilience of Digital Infrastructure – Shareeful Islam

By Speaker Series talk.cybercni.fr Academic Talk / announcements / News

🚀 Join us on July 26th at 2:00 PM CET for an insightful talk by Dr. Shareeful Islam on “Dynamic Cybersecurity Risk Management with Responsible AI Practice.” Discover how hybrid AI models can enhance security and resilience of digital infrastructures. Don’t miss the interactive discussion! #CyberSecurity #AI #RiskManagement

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