Modern societies rely on the internet for almost everything: from work to entertainment, from financial management to personal data storage, and more. Consequently, protecting our privacy, data verification, and cybersecurity have already become an increasingly serious matter. For this reason, the Practice and Apply Lab is glad to announce its next workshop titled "Data Verification and Online Security Workshop" led by Mr Lukas ANDRIUKAITIS.
The aim of the workshop is to equip our students with necessary skills and knowledge to safely navigate in cyber space. The workshop will cover the following points:
- DFRLab and 4D’s of disinformation (methodology of disinformation classification) and full spectrum propaganda;
- Full-scale foreign influence operations and Narrative warfare;
- Analysis of the source, reliable sources;
- Online safety/Cybersecurity;
- Method of Geolocation;
- Geolocation group exercise.
About the Speaker:
Mr Lukas ANDRIUKAITIS is a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) and a co-founder of the Civic Resilience Initiative in Lithuania. In this capacity, Mr ANDRIUKAITIS researches Russian disinformation activities, as well as the military conflicts in Syria and Donbas. He is an open-source methodology trainer, organizing workshops and trainings around the globe. Additionally, he is an associate analyst at the Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis (VIPA). Prior to this, he worked as the Deputy Head of the Strategic Planning Division in the State Railway Inspectorate under the Ministry of Transport of Lithuania. A lieutenant in the Lithuanian military, he served in the Lithuanian Special Operations Forces Special Purpose Service as a support officer.
Mr ANDRIUKAITIS received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science.