Dr. Matthias Schulze
Vita
Matthias Schulze is the head of the research focus International Cybersecurity at the IFSH. Before his work at the IFSH, he was the deputy head of the Security Research Group at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), as well as the Principal Investigator in the European Repository of Cyber Incidents project. He completed research stays at the Canadian Citizen Lab and researched and taught at the Chair of International Relations at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, where he obtained his PhD in Political Science. In addition, he is the host of the Percepticon.de podcast.
Research profile
Matthias Schulze researches the strategic use of cyber capabilities in international relations, "cyber war" /cyber conflicts, cyber espionage, information operations, cybercrime, and digital surveillance. His regional focus is on cyber powers such as the USA, the EU, Russia, China, and North Korea. In addition to strategic issues, he increasingly focuses on operational/tactical aspects of cybersecurity: cyber-defense, vulnerability management, cyber threat intelligence, encryption, ransomware, as well as the cybersecurity of space infrastructures and critical infrastructures.
- Cyber operations and cyber conflict
- Military cyber operations and cyber-warfare
- Hybrid warfare, disinformation and influence operations
- Cyber-postures of the USA, UK, EU as well as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea
Memberships & professional activities
- Member of the transatlantic cyber forum at Interface
Selected Publications
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Schulze, Matthias. 2024.
Offensive Cyber-Operationen: digitalen Angriffen proaktiv begegnen.
Policy Brief 3/2024. Hamburg: IFSH.
DOI: 10.25592/ifsh-policy-brief-0324.
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Schulze, Matthias
,
Jantje Silomon
.
2024.
Revisiting Past Cyber Security Recommendations: Lessons We Have Failed to Learn.
In: Proceedings of the 23rd European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security,
edited by
Martti Lehto
,
Mika Karjalainen
, 461-468.
Reading, UK
: Academic Conferences International Limited
.
DOI: 10.34190/eccws.23.1.2311.
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Schulze, Matthias,
Mika Kerttunen. 2023.
Cyber Operations in Russia’s War against Ukraine. Uses, Limitations, and Lessons Learned So Far.
SWP Comment 23. Berlin: SWP.
DOI: 10.18449/2023C23.
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Schulze, Matthias. 2023.
Sicherheitslogik der Cyberdomäne.
Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte
73 (22-24): 23-29.
