Category: Education


  • Storytelling

    Storytelling

    Storytelling: Making Cybersecurity Engaging The Challenge: Abstract Topics Don’t Resonate The solution to a major challenge in my professional life lay in my childhood. Like many professionals striving to communicate […]

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  • Der Faktor Mensch in der Cybersicherheit

    Der Faktor Mensch in der Cybersicherheit

    Dieser Beitrag von Sibylle Veigl über den CYRENZH “CAS Cyber Risk Awareness” erschien erstmals in der Dezember-Ausgabe des Magazins «Impact» der Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. Angriffe von Cyberkriminellen auf Unternehmen […]

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  • Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT): A Hands-On Course Experience

    Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT): A Hands-On Course Experience

    In this post, CYRENZH’s Leyla Ciragan writes about the seminar “Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)“, which she, Melanie Knieps and Markus Christen developed and held for the first time in the […]

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  • OSINT Course starts in Fall 2024

    OSINT Course starts in Fall 2024

    Open Source Intelligence, OSINT, offers a unique approach to teaching risk awareness and digital literacy, surpassing many traditional education methods. It’s a powerful digital skill that allows you to gather […]

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  • Zurich SME Innovation Day

    Zurich SME Innovation Day

    On July 4th, 2024, CYRENZH’s Melanie Knieps and Marc Rennhard, together with Marcel Hirt from the Cantonal Centre for Cybersecurity (CCSC), organized and led a workshop titled “Cybersecurity Compact for […]

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  • OSINT for Students: 2nd Run

    OSINT for Students: 2nd Run

    “I really love this kind of ‘detective’ work!” This is the feedback of on of our students taking our OSINT course. It’s exciting to see them dive into data security […]

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  • We Hacked the Hacker

    We Hacked the Hacker

    Think cybersecurity is dull? Think again! Members and partners from CYREN ZH, including ETH Zürich, University of Zurich, and ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, played the Escape Room at Switch. We hacked the hacker!!! Not […]

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  • Parldigi-Masterclass

    Parldigi-Masterclass

    The number of cyberattacks has risen sharply in recent years and poses major challenges for government institutions, companies, and the general public. The topic of cyber security is therefore becoming […]

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  • Cybersecurity Clinic

    Cybersecurity Clinic

    Cybersecurity experts are lacking in number and diversity of skills. The “Cybersecurity Clinic” concept, first conceptualized by the Cybersecurity Consortium at Berkeley and financially supported by Google, tries to tackle […]

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  • Ethical Hacking – GObugfree 2023

    Ethical Hacking – GObugfree 2023

    Ethical hackers play a crucial role in preventing the theft and misuse of data by malicious attackers who often exploit vulnerabilities within an organization. These vulnerabilities can either be pre-existing […]

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