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#SwissAfricaCySec – The Swiss-African Cybersecurity Community by FHNW and 10 other partners is off to strong start!

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…

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The research project «Cybersecurity Meets Culture» from the Competence Center Digital Trust and Biaka University Institute of Buea (BUIB) has reached a significant milestone.

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…

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In a bid to broaden its connections across Africa, particularly in Cameroon, Franka E.E. Ebai from the Competence Center Digital Trust visits potential new partners in the region.

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…

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Empowering Small Business Resilience: Insights From the MECyS Workshop in Malaga 

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…

Education, News, Projects

FHNW and BUIB Join Forces: Cybersecurity Collaboration Takes Flight

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…

Education, Events, News

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.

Research, News, Projects

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

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Protect Your Business from Cyber Attacks with our prevention fact sheet and checklist

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.

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IT meets OT: Technical and Regulatory Security for Industry 4.0 Machine Interfaces

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.

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