Category: Research
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Kostenlose Standortbestimmung zur Cybersicherheit für KMU
Wissen, wo Sie bei der Cybersicherheit ansetzen sollten:KMU für Forschungsprojekt gesucht Wo steht Ihr Unternehmen bei der Cybersicherheit, und welche Massnahmen bringen am meisten? An der ZHAW entwickeln wir im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojekts ein Self-Assessment-Tool, das genau diese Fragen beantwortet. Es basiert auf den CIS Controls, einem Katalog grundlegender Sicherheitsmassnahmen, der konkreter und für KMU…
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From Procedures to Peril: Why Privacy Needs a Shift Toward Risk Transparency
Data privacy is everywhere and yet, for most people, it remains deeply opaque. Cookie banners, privacy policies, and app permissions are meant to inform us, but in reality, they often fail to answer the most important question: What could actually happen to me? This challenge is at the heart of our recent article, “From Procedures…
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Research Update
In this Research Update, we present two articles: Article 1: Learning from safety – What cybersecurity can learn from reporting systems This article is a review article published in the Journal of Cybersecurity (2025). It summarizes the current state of research, critically evaluates existing knowledge, and develops new perspectives. The research team – including members…
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3rd Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Lunch Talk
Our third “Unlocking Insights: Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Lunch Talks Series” event took place virtually, continuing to build on the success of previous sessions by bringing together experts from academia and industry. This time, Thierry Schaltegger led the discussion with a compelling talk on “Decision-Making in Critical Incidents: Insights from Security Operation Centers (SOCs),” offering a unique…
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Human Factors in Cybersecurity – Insights from Research
On September 11th, CYRENZH organized an event on “Human Factors in Cybersecurity” at the University of Zurich. The event brought together 40 participants from both industry and academia, fostering insightful discussions on the challenges and opportunities in understanding and improving cybersecurity behavior. The afternoon began with a warm welcome from Dr. Melanie Knieps (CYRENZH) and Prof.…
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Building a Resilient Team: The Key to Crisis Management
On May 22nd, CYRENZH members Melanie Knieps and Thierry Schaltegger shared psychological insights on factors influencing decision-making during crises with the cybersecurity experts at the Swiss Cyber Circle. Of particular interest was the role of personality traits in crises. The takeaway of the exchange was: By focusing on these strategies, you cannot only enhance your own…
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Review: Perspektiven mit Industrie 4.0
On May 29, the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) hosted the 7th “Perspektiven mit Industrie 4.0” conference. The theme of this year’s conference was “Cyber Security”. The presentations were varied and exciting, and the speakers managed to highlight both the risks of cybercrime in relation to Industry 4.0 and ways of dealing with it. For…
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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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Preventing cyber incidents in organizations: What can we learn from 100 years of safety research?
If a cyber incident is successful in an organization, an external attacker is often involved. However, many causes lie within the organization, e.g. insufficiently secure processes, systems or insecure behaviour. There are direct parallels here between cybersecurity and the area of safety. The difference, however, is that the field of safety and safety research is over a…
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Cryptography in the Wild
Cryptography in the Wild As part of the CYRENZH and DSI Cybersecurity Community event series, we had the pleasure to learn from Prof. Kenny Paterson (ETH Zurich, D-INFK) about “Cryptography in the Wild”. In an engaging presentation, Prof. Paterson explained the two goals of this line of research: namely to either try to find vulnerabilities in the system…