Host (AI voice)
Cynthia
Hosts the series, asks the questions, builds the transitions — always keeping the jargon accessible. Cynthia is an AI-generated host voice.
About the series
The voices, the institutions
Three perspectives on the same question: a host, a practitioner from the Swiss cybersecurity scene, a researcher from CISPA, and an AI expert and programme lead from OST. Four voices, four backgrounds, one topic.
An experiment, on ourselves
A podcast about AI in cybersecurity — made with … well, take a guess.
Anyone producing a podcast about artificial intelligence eventually faces an awkward question: should you actually use the very technology you keep talking about?
We thought about it for a long time — roughly three seconds — and then decided: of course. Refusing would be a bit like hosting a cooking show and never turning on the stove. So we did not just make AI the topic; we let it help out.
Transparency disclaimer
We use AI for cybersecurity — and we decided to do so here, too. This season was created with the help of AI and then turned into a lively podcast via speech synthesis (text-to-speech). The four voices you hear — Cynthia, Robert, Lukas and Chris — are therefore artificially generated.
The conversations themselves are entirely fictional. In terms of content, however, they are based on real facts, current studies and relevant developments in the fields of AI, cybersecurity and strategic defence. The sources used are transparently listed with every episode.
Our goal is to raise awareness, inform and entertain — and, of course, to draw attention to our CAS “AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Strategic Defence”, which starts in autumn 2026.
The whole thing is an experiment. We are curious about your feedback.
Hosts
Guests
Industry Expert
Daniel Riedener
Ceruno AG
Head Cyber Security at Ceruno AG, an agile Swiss solution provider for cyber security, connectivity and platform. Brings the practitioner’s perspective into the podcast — what is already visible in the SOC.
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Research
Christoph Landolt
CISPA Helmholtz-Zentrum für Informationssicherheit
PhD student at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Saarbrücken, advised by Mario Fritz (primary advisor, CISPA) and Florian Tramèr (co-advisor, ETH Zurich – SPY Lab). As an ELLIS PhD student, his research focuses on agentic and self-optimizing systems for cybersecurity.
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AI Expert and CAS Programme Lead
Christoph Würsch
OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule
Head of Industrial AI (IAI) at the ICE – Institute for Computational Engineering at OST and programme lead of the CAS AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Strategic Defence. Translates between ML and security language — RLHF, agentic loops, adversarial robustness.
View profileParticipating institutions
The podcast is a collaboration between three institutions with complementary focus areas in cybersecurity.
OST – University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland
OST is the regional university of applied sciences for eastern Switzerland with campuses in Rapperswil-Jona, St. Gallen and Buchs. Through its ICE — Institute for Computational Engineering — and the continuing-education programme in the Department of Technology, OST runs the CAS AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Strategic Defence, which this podcast accompanies.
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
CISPA in Saarbrücken is one of the largest IT-security research centers in Europe. Research focuses include adversarial machine learning, privacy in ML systems, software security, and the security of LLM applications — topics that recur throughout this season.
Ceruno AG
A Swiss cybersecurity solution provider focused on Managed Detection and Response for mid-sized companies and critical infrastructure. The practical telemetry from Ceruno engagements brings the Swiss situation reports into the podcast — anonymized, but real.