CYD Campus conferences

This year’s Cyber-Defence Campus conference will take place on 28 September in collaboration with the CRITIS 2021 (international Conference on Critical information Infrastructures Security). At the conference, experts from academia and industry will hold talks on key topics in the area of critical infrastructure protection. The conference brings together stakeholders from government, industry and academia to exchange insights on current and future challenges and drivers in cyberspace.

Cyber Startup Challenge

In order to discover the startup technology landscape and to submit innovative and concrete solutions for the protection of critical infrastructures to the DDPS, the Cyber Startup Challenge of the CYD Campus was held for the first time in 2020.

With this year’s slogan«Boost your Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC)», innovative technological solutions in the field of cyber threat intelligence with a focus on critical infrastructure protection are sought. The technology of the winning company should have a significant impact on the daily work of cyber defence in Switzerland and will be integrated in the existing infrastructure of the DDPS. 

The DDPS plan of action for cyber defence comprises altogether four parts. These include control by the DDPS Secretariat General, secure operation of systems for information and communication technology (ICT) and infrastructures, defence and action in cyberspace and the Cyber Defence Campus (CYD Campus).

The tasks of the CYD Campus cover three main areas:

• Early identification of the rapid developments in the cyber area. These include comprehensive technological and market monitoring, international scouting and a collaboration network as well as the management of a research programme.
• New solution approaches will be developed and the security and efficiency of existing systems checked in close cooperation with industry and universities.
• Training cyber specialists. Talents at master, PhD and postdoc level will be trained for future challenges in the Campus.

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