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…
On April 4th and 5th 2024, an international workshop for the MECyS project was held in Malaga. On the first day, our Competence Center Digital Trust presented the developed course plan for data protection education, focusing on the specifics of micro-enterprises in Switzerland. The presentation can be…
FHNW expands its partnerships in Africa with a project alongside another Cameroonian university, Biaka University Institute of Buea (BUIB).Thanks to the Leading House of Africa grant, FHNW will collaborate with BUIB on a research project focusing on cybersecurity in cross-cultural contexts and…
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.
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 today’s interconnected digital landscape, protecting your business against cyber threats is essential.Below you will find a small checklist that we have developed together with our study programs. First and foremost, we want to help responsible persons in rather small companies to think again about their cyber risks. The small checklist is intended to serve as a pragmatic guide for assessing and mitigating potential risks.
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.