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
Our Quantum Computing Circle has come to an end! Our business students are equipped with valuable insights into quantum computing and its potential.
The final session of the Quantum Computing Circle on April 29, 2024, commenced with a practical workshop led by Prof. Dr. Clément Javerzac at the FHNW School of Life Sciences in Muttenz. During this interactive session, Prof. Dr. Javerzac guided students through practical cases of quantum computing. He explored the…
Reflecting on Success of our Competence Center Digital Trust in 2023 and the Road Ahead
The year 2023 may seem a long way off. Yet it is worth pausing for a moment in Q1 2024 to look back and – as we conclude – to be delighted with what has been accomplished and achieved.
For us – the Competence Center Digital Trust – 2023 was characterized by growth including researchers, projects, publications, funding, and education.
Strengthening International Education: FHNW and SwissLink Collaboration
Today, we welcomed Dr. Eyongabi Carlson Ngwa, President of SwissLink University in Cameroon, for a workshop at our premises in Basel. Joined by Prof. Dr. Bettina Schneider, Hermann Grieder, and Franka Ebai, we discussed future collaborations in international cross-cultural education.
MECyS in the context of further education program – Presentation
The applied research project MECyS aims to achieve relevant cybersecurity and data protection training for non-IT staff in small businesses. Prof. Dr. Bettina Schneider presented MECyS in context of a further education program at the FHNW School of Business
Children’s University of Applied Sciences 2024 – A cyberhero transformation for children to protect against the risks in the digital world
Children and teenagers are among the most vulnerable target groups on the internet and are increasingly exposed to numerous risks due to their early access to digital media, e.g. cyberbullying and cybergrooming, phishing and inappropriate content. To protect young users, it is important to educate them about the dangers in…