Category: Event
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OSINT Playdates: How Zurich Became a Playground for Open-Source Intelligence
Open-Source Intelligence, or OSINT, thrives on curiosity, collaboration, and hands-on problem-solving. The most valuable lessons rarely come from lectures or conference panels, but from working together on real puzzles, testing ideas, and learning from one another. This spirit is at the heart of the OSINT Playdates—a format that has quickly become a staple of Switzerland’s…
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CAS Cyber Risk Awareness
Organizations are increasingly threatened by cyber risks that can have serious economic and human consequences. Understanding the human factor is becoming increasingly important in protecting against cyber-attacks. A “wrong click” on a malicious email attachment can lead to business failure, loss of personal data and reputational damage. Raising the awareness of management, specialist departments (e.g.…
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Interdisciplinary Cyber Lunch: Reflecting the Insights
Our second “Unlocking Insights: Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Lunch Talks Series” event took place virtually, continuing our commitment to fostering collaborative discussions between researchers and practitioners. This session, led by Lorin Schöni, focused on the pressing topic of “Challenges of Human-Centred Phishing Interventions,” drawing an even larger audience eager to delve into the nuances of this critical…
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Cyber Security in the Age of Industry 4.0
On 29 May 2024, the ZHAW will host a conference on Cyber Security in the Age of Industry 4.0: Learning from Experience. The event offers presentations, networking and aperitifs.
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SSCC online Workshop «Cyber Resilience»
In June 2024, the SWISS Support Center for Cybersecurity (SSCC) is co-organizing a high-profile online workshop on “Cyber Resilience”. It will also feature Melanie Knieps from CYRENZH .
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Interdisciplinary Cyber Lunch: Reflecting the Insights
Our inaugural “Unlocking Insights: Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Lunch Talks Series” event was a testament to the power of collaboration, with a dozen attendees from both research and practical backgrounds coming together for an engaging discussion. Held online, the event provided a platform for cybersecurity enthusiasts to share, deliberate, and refine their ideas, marking the beginning of…
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To Play Or Not To Play
Play is an essential human experience or, as Schiller put it, Because, to put it bluntly, man only plays when he is fully human, and he is only fully human when he plays. Source: Schiller, F., Theoretische Schriften. Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen, 1793-1794. Fünfzehnter Brief Games have great…
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Leveraging Games for Education – Perspectives from Cybersecurity and Sustainability
Last week, I had the privilege to speak at the #SecurityAwarenessDay, where I had the opportunity to learn from outstanding speakers and interact with enthusiastic attendees. One key insight that emerged was the challenge of actively involving people in learning about cybersecurity, which requires “capturing their attention”. A new approach to learning – the use of games – was addressed…
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Towards Cyber-Resilient Critical Infrastructures and Societies
Towards cyber-resilient critical infrastructures and societies: The cases of the european union, norway and Switzerland As part of the CYRENZH and DSI Cybersecurity Community event series, we had the pleasure to welcome Prof. Sokratis Katsikas. Sokratis is Director of the Norwegian Center for Cybersecurity in Critical Sectors (NORCICS) and Professor with the Dept. of Information Security and Communication…
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How to get to an organization that nurtures resilience
CYRENZH and DSI Cybersecurity Community launched their event series with Karen Renaud’s (University of Strathclyde) keynote on human-centered cybersecurity. In her keynote, Karen provided a comprehensive account of her extensive research and encouraged us to challenge outdated assumptions about the role of people in cybersecurity. Rather than relying on strict regulations and productivity-oriented rewards to promote…