Category: Volunteer Network
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Four additional Cybersecurity Clinic Projects successfully completed
The CYRENZH Cybersecurity Clinic was launched in 2024 and offers selected organizations such as SMEs, start-ups, municipalities, schools, non-profit organizations, and associations pro bono cybersecurity services. The projects are executed by students from ZHAW School of Engineering, ZHAW School of Management and Law, and the University of Zurich and supervised by lecturers and scientific personnel. In recent months,…
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From Fires to Cybersecurity: How Switzerland Can Harness Its Ecosystem
Lessons from fire incidents and response in the 19th century The Incident: Human Error, Late Detection, and Insufficient Equipment On 4 September 1803, Johannes Temperli walked home to Gutenswil with his family after Sunday church in the neighboring village of Volketswil. The air was still warm from the late summer sun, and the smell of…
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Successful Implementation of the First Four Cybersecurity Clinic Projects
At the beginning of October 2024, we announced the launch of the CYRENZH Cybersecurity Clinic . In this clinic, students from ZHAW School of Engineering, ZHAW School of Management and Law, and the University of Zurich offer selected organizations, such as SMEs, start-ups, municipalities, schools, non-profit organizations, and associations, pro bono cybersecurity services. The services…
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Cybersecurity Requires More Than “Just” Technology
On October 21, CYRENZH members Melanie Knieps and Ariane Trammel had the privilege of giving a Digital Masterclass on cybersecurity for the Zurich Cantonal Council. In their presentation, they emphasized that cybersecurity is a team effort. By incorporating expert knowledge and facts, we can carefully weigh opportunities and risks. Just as our health is not…
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Launch of the Cybersecurity Clinic
We are pleased to announce the launch of the CYRENZH Cybersecurity Clinic! In this clinic, students from ZHAW School of Engineering, ZHAW School of Management and Law and University of Zurich offer pro bono cybersecurity services to selected organizations such as SMEs, start-ups, municipalities, schools, non-profit organizations and associations. The services cover a broad spectrum of…
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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 this issue by engaging students from various backgrounds. Under the supervision of competent facilitators – experts from academia and the industry – the cyberclinic seeks…
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DSI Insights: A “cyber militia” for the canton of Zurich
“Every day we receive countless emails, most of which are fortunately unsuccessful, in which criminals try to get our passwords, credit card details or other sensitive data, or to blackmail us. Even organisations are not immune to cyber attacks. Almost every day we read about successful cyber-attacks on companies and government agencies. But how can…
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Mosaic “Digitalisation” – Digital Society Initiative and CYREN
Melanie Knieps, Principal Investigator at CYRENZH, explains in a Security Awareness Insider podcast what the Digital Society Initiative (DSI) and the Digitalisation Initiative of the Universities of Zurich (DIZH) are – and what CYRENZH has to do with them.Thanks to Katja Dörlemann and Marcus B. for the wonderful conversation and the fascinating questions. We can…
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Kick Off CYREN ZH
On November 30th, the Cyber Resilience Network For The Canton Of Zurich (CYRENZH ) was officially launched. The mission of CYRENZH , which is one of the successful applicants of the structural call of DIZH (Digitization Initiative of Zurich Universities), is to promote #knowledge exchange and #collaboration between actors from the public and private sectors as well as civil society. CYRENZH is a a…