News & Publications
Discover news about our activities and the latest publications on cybersecurity and emerging technologies.
Introducing VIRO Learning
We are launching VIRO Learning – a platform offering applied education on cybersecurity and emerging technologies.
Launching Cybersecurity Webinar Series for Non-Profits and Social Entrepreneurs
We are hosting a series of free cybersecurity webinars for non-profits and social entrepreneurs in multiple languages, as part of our Cybersecurity Services Centre.
Virtual Routes: No longer (just) virtual!
We are excited to announce that in 2026 Virtual Routes will be taking another big step: moving into a new office space in London.
VIRO Learning
VIRO Learning is now available in 14 languages
Cybersecurity and emerging technology are global fields, but much of the research, discussion and educational material surrounding them is in English. To help address this imbalance, VIRO Learning is now available in 14 languages.
Virtual Routes
Alejandra Albert Muñoz joins Virtual Routes as a Project and Research Officer
Alejandra Albert Muñoz's academic and professional interests center on the geopolitical landscape of the EMEA region, with particular focus on non-nuclear deterrence and emerging warfare technologies.
Virtual Routes
Meet the 2026 European Cybersecurity PhD Accelerator Cohort
Virtual Routes is pleased to welcome the 30 scholars selected for the 2026 European Cybersecurity PhD Accelerator.
AI-Cybersecurity Research and Policy Hub
AI over Lunch: Jeanne Dillschneider
Amidst the bustle of Berlin in summer, cybersecurity lawyer and member of the Bundestag Jeanne Dillschneider warns of the risks of uncritical AI adoption, romanticising technological adoption, and political siloisation.
Cybersecurity Seminars
Applications Open for Our New Live Online Course on the Geopolitics of Digital Infrastructure
We are excited to open applications for our new online course The Geopolitics of Digital Infrastructure, that will run from October to December 2026. The course offers a live, eight-week introduction to digital infrastructure, the backbone of today's international economy.
Cybersecurity Seminars
Why Cybersecurity and AI Can’t Be Taught in Silos
Reflecting on Virtual Routes' first Foundations of Cybersecurity and AI course, this blog explores four key lessons on why multidisciplinary learning is essential for today's digital challenges.
Cybersecurity Seminars
Second Cohort Completes the Cybersecurity Seminars Program at National University of Kyiv
YuYing Mak, Project Officer at Virtual Routes, delivered the opening address of the closing ceremony of the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars Program at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (TSNUK), Ukraine, celebrating the program's second cohort and the launch of the university's Capture the Flag (CTF) competition.
Research & Analysis
Pharos Report No.5 | Navigating Security in the Machine Learning and AI Supply Chain: What Policymakers Need to Know
The fifth report of the Pharos Series, authored by Max Smeets, Anna Sophie den Ouden, and James Shires, examines how security risks emerge within the machine learning and AI supply chain and what can be done to mitigate them.
Cybersecurity Seminars
Virtual Routes at the Closing Ceremony of the Cybersecurity Seminars Program at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
YuYing Mak, Project Officer at Virtual Routes, attended the closing ceremony of the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars Program at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), Romania, marking the conclusion of the program's second cohort at the university.
Cybersecurity Seminars
Virtual Routes at “Shape the Future”: AI, Cybersecurity, and the Skills Gap at the University of Milan
On 7 July 2026, YuYing Mak, Project Officer at Virtual Routes, joined a panel discussion at the Università degli Studi di Milano (UniMi) as part of the Google.org Cybersecurity Seminars Program closing event "Shape the Future," organized in partnership with Fondazione Mondo Digitale ETS (FMD ETS).
