In this high-intensity workshop, Julia Ebner (Institute for Strategic Dialogue), Eske Vinther-Jensen (Common Consultancy), and Amela Gjishti (Women in Cybersecurity) map the evolving landscape of digital threats facing democracies—from coordinated disinformation and harassment swarms to deepfakes, doxxing, cyber-enabled espionage, and platform-driven polarisation. 

The session will decode how extremist networks, foreign influence operations, and political opportunists exploit algorithmic dynamics, AI tooling, and social vulnerabilities to manipulate public debate and intimidate civic actors. Participants will learn practical countermeasures: early-warning monitoring, narrative disruption, digital hygiene, rapid-response protocols, and team structures for crisis handling. 

The workshop also highlights what campaigns, institutions, and NGOs can do to build long-term resilience, including cross-sector cooperation, threat-modelling exercises, and empowering underrepresented groups disproportionately targeted online. 

Attendees will leave with actionable guidance, tools, and protective strategies to strengthen their organisations against the next generation of digital attacks.