Alexander Szanto
Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS)
Alexander Szanto is a Cybersecurity Junior Research Fellow at the Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security (BIGS). He contributes primarily to the research project HERMENEUT, which assesses various organizations’ vulnerabilities and their corresponding at-risk assets, focusing on economic issues of cybersecurity.
Alexander studied European Studies at the University of Maastricht and as part of his studies he spent a semester abroad at the Sciences Po in Paris with a focus on International Relations. He subsequently earned a master’s degree in Intelligence and International Security, concentrating in Cybersecurity and Political Developments in the Middle East post-1945 in the War Studies Department of King’s College in London.
Prior to joining BIGS, Alexander Szanto worked in the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf, where he provided research and advice on digital politics and domestic security policy.
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Defending Democracy in the Cybersphere
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