Today, the Marshall Center began its Hybrid Threats and Cybersecurity course, an outcomes-oriented program that provides security practitioners with a strategic advantage to build resilience, respond effectively, and turn strategy into capability.

The four-week resident course brings together professionals from nearly 40 nations to examine an evolving security environment shaped by hybrid threats, cyber activity, strategic competition, and emerging technologies.

"Our nations face a variety of challenges: disinformation campaigns that come as part of strategic competition among states, attacks on critical infrastructure within new conflicts that are below the threshold of war, rapidly evolving technologies, and AI platforms that offer unbelievable new possibilities," said Ben Nickels, Marshall Center professor and course director. "Our goal is to empower all of you to contribute to collective efforts to confront cyber and hybrid threats, to be able to be those defense and security professionals who can set visions, set strategies, and make decisions."

Guided by weekly themes of strategy, cybersecurity, hybrid threats, and strategy application, participants will explore emerging trends and tactics while developing practical approaches that can be adapted and implemented within their home nations and organizations.

The program will feature contributions from Marshall Center faculty and guest experts representing government, academia, industry, and partner institutions, including the AI Meets Security Retreat conducted in partnership with the University of the Bundeswehr Munich and NATO School Oberammergau.

Beyond the curriculum itself, HTC places participants in direct engagement with peers from across the security spectrum through seminars, small-group discussions, and plenary sessions to share perspectives, build common understanding, and strengthen approaches to complex security challenges.

"Don't miss that opportunity," said Tim Dreifke, Ed.D., college dean. "When you go back to your home ministry, your home organization, your home nation, you'll have people you can reach out to and ask questions. It's not a cold call anymore – it's a colleague that you met right here at the Marshall Center."

HTC is the third resident course delivered under the Marshall Center's redesigned program plan, which emphasizes applied learning, professional networks, and practical approaches to contemporary security challenges. In concert with regional workshops and strategic engagements, the Marshall Center strengthens a global network of allies and partners committed to advancing security cooperation and addressing shared challenges.