On October 16, 2024, Franka Ebai and Bettina Schneider from the Comptence Center Digital Trust joined a Movetia network meeting in Bern.The focus of the event was the exchange between the project managers and Movetia employees. Franka and Bettina had the opportunity to present the new research project – the Swiss Africa Cybersecurity Community. There were lots of inspiring ideas and feedback on our exciting project.
Funded by Movetia International Programme, FHNW has launched the SwissAfricaCySec project, bringing together 11 partners — 6 African higher education institutions and 4 Swiss organisations.This ambitious 18-month project aims to create a digital platform to foster cross-cultural exchange, enhance cybersecurity skills, and facilitate research collaboration between educators, researchers, and students…
Launched in April 2023, the research project “Cybersecurity Meets Culture” aims to explore how cultural factors influence cybersecurity and how these elements can be integrated into cybersecurity practices. The project team has been conducting interviews with cybersecurity educators, specialists, students, and CTOs in Switzerland and Cameroon.Project team in BUIB’s conference…
As global interest in the African continent grows, it is no surprise that FHNW, one of Switzerland’s leading universities of applied sciences, is drawn to the opportunities it presents. In 2023, the Competence Center Digital Trust launched the “Social Engineering with Africa” elective, in collaboration with Turacos, a Swiss-Cameroonian…
We're excited to share our recent participation in the 4th Conference on Society 5.0: Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Social Good. This prestigious event, held from June 26-28, 2024, at the University of Technology in Mauritius, brought together researchers from around the world to address the challenges and opportunities of our rapidly evolving technological landscape.
The 14th edition of the Future of Education Conference was held in Florence on July 20th and 21st, bringing together over 200 educators and researchers from more than 30 countries. One of the key presentations featured our research paper on the relevance of quantum computing (QC) to businesses and educational…
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…
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
In collaboration with Endress + Hauser Flow and supported by Innosuisse, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) is embarking on a journey to bolster the security of Industrie 4.0 interfaces. This ambitious project, part of the Industrie 2025 initiative, aims to develop a cutting-edge software tool that evaluates and enhances the safety of data interfaces in networked machine and system environments.