Digital Trust Competence Center
We are an academic partner for managers, technology and industry experts as well as researchers aiming to share knowledge and best practices.
«Digital Trust means keeping our digital world safe and honest. This means ensuring secure online interactions by protecting data (cybersecurity), respecting privacy (data privacy), safely using new tech (emerging technologies), acting ethically (ethics and governance), managing risks, and following rules (compliance and audit).» – Competence Center Digital Trust
- Digital Trust is for us the «trustworthiness of digital technologies and data.
- Digital Trust is the basis of the digital economy ̶ regardless of which technologies or applications are involved and which data are processed. In the end, it is about treating digital data in a trustworthy manner so that we as private individuals or business partners can expect the highest possible level of protection and companies can (and want to) guarantee this.
- Digital Trust is important for Switzerland as a competitive location and for Europe! We use the proven concepts from governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) as well as from auditing as foundation.
Digital Trust is divided into five main areas for us:
- Cybersecurity & Resilience – the art of protecting networks, devices and data from unauthorized access or criminal use, and achieving resilience.
- Data protection – the strive towards protecting personal data from improper processing and securing the right to informational self-determination.
- Emerging Technologies – Emerging Technologies that have an impact on cybersecurity and Data protection (such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum computers)
- Ethics – the concern to evaluate and design technologies and systems together with their data flows through appropriate measures.
- Governance – as a constitutive element of an organization’s value creation – by means of continuous overall consideration of all processes and responsibilities to manage risks effectively and efficiently.
Latest Posts
🔍 E-Learning for Micro-Enterprises – Our Contribution to the IADIS Conference on Madeira
A big congratulations goes out to Ilya Misyura and Bettina Schneider from the Competence Center Digital Trust, and Melanie Bühlmann for their research contribution to the 18th IADIS International Conference Information Systems 2025 and 23rd International Conference e-Society 2025, held on Madeira Island, Portugal from 1 to…
1st International Workshop on Blockchain for Information Systems Engineering
Blockchain for Information Systems Engineering (B4ISE 2025) Workshop at CAiSE 2025!Together with Alessandro Marcelletti (University of Camerino) and Sarah Bouraga (EM Normandie Business School), Felix Härer from the Competence Center Digital Trust are presenting a blockchain workshop at CAiSE!🔗 Are you working on blockchain research?…
🔍 Digital Trust & Economic Education – our contribution to the degöb annual conference in Frankfurt!
We’re excited to share that on February 25, 2025, Bettina Schneider from the Competence Center Digital Trust, along with Bernd Remmele & Deborah Krzyzowski from the PH Freiburg presented the MECyS Project at the annual conference of the Society for Economic Education in Frankfurt, Germany.Topics addressed…
Encouraging Updates from Swiss-Africa Cybersecurity Community’s Latest Meeting!
Just six months after its launch in September 2024, the Swiss-Africa Cybersecurity Community is already making promising strides.On February 11, 2025, the community held its second virtual general meeting, providing a platform for partners to share their experiences, receive updates on achievements and upcoming activities, and offer feedback to further…
Beyond Cybersecurity: Swiss-Africa CyberSec Community’s “Meet & Greet” Initiative Sparks New Collaboration Opportunities.
The Swiss-Africa Cybersecurity Community is doing more than just fostering cybersecurity-related exchange between African and Swiss partners. Through its newly launched «Meet & Greet» initiative, members can connect on a more personal level, fostering collaboration and exploring new initiatives beyond the core community framework.