In the second episode of Cyberdistillery, Giuditta and Andrea discuss with Ayah Tharwat, a University of Luxembourg PhD student, about the impact of psychological distance on the disclosure of sensitive company information when using GenAI tools, specifically ChatGPT.
The conversation builds on Ayah’s academic research at the University of Luxembourg, where she has reflected on how employees are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to facilitate and automate work processes, and found that four main dimensions affect GenAI disclosure of sensitive company information: social, spatial, temporal, and hypothetical dimensions.
Giuditta, Ayah, and Andrea discuss how proximity can substantially affect threat perception, in any aspect of our life and in many different domains.
Together, they also address how other factors could impact the willingness of employees to share sensitive information on LLMs, such as general awareness of cybersecurity risks, human factors such as emotions and stress, and the specific company practices, guidelines, and culture concerning the use of AI to carry out tasks.
Ayah’s publication: Frank, Muriel; Tharwat, Ayah; and Pocher, Nadia, "Far Enough to Share: Impact of Psychological Distance on GenAI Disclosure" (2025). AMCIS 2025 Proceedings. 20. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2025/sig_sec/sig_sec/20
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In the second episode of Cyberdistillery, Giuditta and Andrea discuss with Ayah Tharwat, a University of Luxembourg PhD student, about the impact of psychological distance on the disclosure of sensitive company information when using GenAI tools, specifically ChatGPT.
The conversation builds on Ayah’s academic research at the University of Luxembourg, where she has reflected on how employees are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to facilitate and automate work processes, and found that four main dimensions affect GenAI disclosure of sensitive company information: social, spatial, temporal, and hypothetical dimensions.
Giuditta, Ayah, and Andrea discuss how proximity can substantially affect threat perception, in any aspect of our life and in many different domains.
Together, they also address how other factors could impact the willingness of employees to share sensitive information on LLMs, such as general awareness of cybersecurity risks, human factors such as emotions and stress, and the specific company practices, guidelines, and culture concerning the use of AI to carry out tasks.
Ayah’s publication: Frank, Muriel; Tharwat, Ayah; and Pocher, Nadia, "Far Enough to Share: Impact of Psychological Distance on GenAI Disclosure" (2025). AMCIS 2025 Proceedings. 20. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2025/sig_sec/sig_sec/20
Find out more about the Security Distillery and follow us on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/thesecuritydistillery
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Hosts: Andrea Bussini, Giuditta Fiori
Editor: Andrea Bussini
In the second episode of Cyberdistillery, Giuditta and Andrea discuss with Ayah Tharwat, a University of Luxembourg PhD student, about the impact of psychological distance on the disclosure of sensitive company information when using GenAI tools, specifically ChatGPT.
The conversation builds on Ayah’s academic research at the University of Luxembourg, where she has reflected on how employees are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to facilitate and automate work processes, and found that four main dimensions affect GenAI disclosure of sensitive company information: social, spatial, temporal, and hypothetical dimensions.
Giuditta, Ayah, and Andrea discuss how proximity can substantially affect threat perception, in any aspect of our life and in many different domains.
Together, they also address how other factors could impact the willingness of employees to share sensitive information on LLMs, such as general awareness of cybersecurity risks, human factors such as emotions and stress, and the specific company practices, guidelines, and culture concerning the use of AI to carry out tasks.
Ayah’s publication: Frank, Muriel; Tharwat, Ayah; and Pocher, Nadia, "Far Enough to Share: Impact of Psychological Distance on GenAI Disclosure" (2025). AMCIS 2025 Proceedings. 20. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2025/sig_sec/sig_sec/20
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Hosts: Andrea Bussini, Giuditta Fiori
Editor: Andrea Bussini
In this first episode of the new podcast series Cyberdistillery, Andrea Bussini introduces our new co-host Giuditta Fiori , Women4Cyber Italia Youth Ambassador2025.
Giuditta describes what is like to be part of hashtag#Women4Cyber, the goals of the organisation and their vision for the future. Moreover, they touch upon the importance of integrating women in the development of Large Language Models (LLMs).
Together they announce the beginning of Cyberdistillery, a new podcast series consisting of interviews to academics and practitioners in the diverse world of cybersecurity.
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Hosts: Andrea Bussini Giuditta Fiori
Editor: Andrea Bussini
One month after the Annual Cimic Foresight Conference 2025, the Security Distillery Team reflects on their experience at the CCOE.
Giuditta, Andrea, and Flavio discuss about the sessions they have taken part in.
Furthermore, they debate on how their understanding of CIMIC has changed after the Conference.
Photo credits: liveillustration.co.uk
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Hosts: Andrea Bussini Giuditta Fiori, Flavio Piemontese Cartier
Editor: Andrea Bussini
In this special episode of our podcast, Andrea and Alberto have the pleasure to announce that the Security Distillery will attend and cover through our social media the Annual Cimic Foresight Conference 2025, “From Foresight to Action: Evolving CIMIC Capabilities”, which is organised by the CCOE, the Civil-Military Cooperation NATO Centre of Excellence.
They introduce the theme of this year’s Foresight Conference, touching upon what the Security Distillery will be tasked with doing throughout the conference.
Furthermore, they talk about their recent experience at the CCOE, where they attended a Summer School, organised by the OTH Regensburg an hosted by the CCOE, on intelligence analysis.
Building on the experience, they discuss about what civil and military cooperation means to them, and their main takeaways from the experience.
Stay tuned for more updates regarding the Annual Cimic Foresight Conference 2025 on our social media!
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Hosts: Alberto Aloni and Andrea Bussini
Editor: Andrea Bussini
In the aftermath of what appears to be an intentional Russian incursion in Polish airspace with drones, Mathéo and Andrea talk about what happened and discuss the implications of this event for NATO, what the future may have in store for NATO countries and how to deal with the increasing pressure from the Russian Federation.
Photo credits: a photograph posted on social media showing a damaged drone after falling in the eastern Polish village of Czosnowka, on Wednesday. Dariusz Stefaniuk, via Reuters
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Hosts: Mathéo Bisiaux and Andrea Bussini
Editor: Andrea Bussini
In this episode, Mathéo and Andrea address the latest developments of drone usage in Ukraine, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Mathéo describes the different typologies of drones that are currently being employed in the conflict, with a particular focus on FPVs, discussing strategic and military implications of their usage in Ukraine.
On the other hand, Andrea delves into legal, ethical, and psychological aspects that characterise drone warfare.
Together, they assess the impact that drones will have on the future of war, and how future battlefields will look like.
Photo credits: Petro Zadorozhnyy / State Border Guard Service of Ukraine / the Collection of war.ukraine.ua
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Hosts: Mathéo Bisiaux and Andrea Bussini
Editor: Andrea Bussini
In this Special Episode, Flavio and Oscar have the pleasure to interview Matthias Spielkamp, Founder and Executive Director of AlgorithmWatch, during the 2025 Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference held in Brussels.
In this episode, Matthias tells us about his professional journey, how he founded AlgorithmWatch and why.
Moreover, our hosts discuss with Matthias about AI and its implications for democracy and geopolitics, while addressing its impact on society and the environment.
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Hosts: Flavio Piemontese Cartier and Oscar Slootweg
Editor: Andrea Bussini
This week's episode will discuss:
- Chinese missile test and trilateral nuclear arms control
- Disinformation, information warfare, and how to combat it
This week's special episode will discuss:
- The 2024 NATO Summit in Washington.
- The future of NATO.
- NATO and the war in Ukraine.
- NATO and the Indo-Pacific Region.
This week's episode will discuss:
- UK Trans healthcare and the Cass Review with special guest Georgia Cunningham Lomax
- Recent developments between Israel and Iran
This week's special episode will discuss:
- How the war has altered Russian foreign policy to its south and east
- Expectations from before the war contrasted with the present day realities
- The prospects for continued western support for Ukraine
This week's special Pakistan electionepisode will discuss:
- Why the election has been postponed
- How the military has influenced the election
- How Imran Khan has been sidelined
- The expected return of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
This week's episode will discuss:
- British military's Dragonfire laser test
- Upcoming European Council meeting
- NATO exercise Steadfast Defender 2024
In this festive special of the Security Distillery Podcast, James talks about the origins of the NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) Santa Tracker, and Buster discusses whether it is possible to track Santa with our current technology. Does Santa get compared with Saddam Hussein? Well, we couldn't possibly spoil that.
This week's episode will discuss:
- Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip continues.
- The explosion at al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
- Israel’s intelligence failures.
- The BRI’s 10th anniversary
This week’s episode will follow a different layout than our normal intelligence espresso episodes. As we are sure our listeners have seen, in the past week a war has broken out between Israel and Hamas with more than 3,000 estimated deaths on both sides. In this episode we will cover a brief explanation of the declining situation in Gaza since 2007, including the escalating Israeli aggression and the role of Hamas in the conflict. We will then discuss the events that took place on the 7th of October 2023, which saw Hamas carry out a highly coordinated and sophisticated land, sea and air assault on Israel which killed at least 1,300 people in one day alone.
In the second episode of Cyberdistillery, Giuditta and Andrea discuss with Ayah Tharwat, a University of Luxembourg PhD student, about the impact of psychological distance on the disclosure of sensitive company information when using GenAI tools, specifically ChatGPT.
The conversation builds on Ayah’s academic research at the University of Luxembourg, where she has reflected on how employees are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools to facilitate and automate work processes, and found that four main dimensions affect GenAI disclosure of sensitive company information: social, spatial, temporal, and hypothetical dimensions.
Giuditta, Ayah, and Andrea discuss how proximity can substantially affect threat perception, in any aspect of our life and in many different domains.
Together, they also address how other factors could impact the willingness of employees to share sensitive information on LLMs, such as general awareness of cybersecurity risks, human factors such as emotions and stress, and the specific company practices, guidelines, and culture concerning the use of AI to carry out tasks.
Ayah’s publication: Frank, Muriel; Tharwat, Ayah; and Pocher, Nadia, "Far Enough to Share: Impact of Psychological Distance on GenAI Disclosure" (2025). AMCIS 2025 Proceedings. 20. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2025/sig_sec/sig_sec/20
Find out more about the Security Distillery and follow us on Social Media: https://linktr.ee/thesecuritydistillery
For enquiries and feedback, contact us at: information@thesecuritydistillery.org
Hosts: Andrea Bussini, Giuditta Fiori
Editor: Andrea Bussini
