New date for the Swiss Cyber Security Days
Another postponement of the Swiss Cyber Security Days: The SCSD will now take place on February 20 and 21, 2024. The decision was made together with all parties involved and is related to the relocation of the event to the BERNEXPO site.
The Swiss Cyber Security Days will now take place on February 20 and 21, 2024, at the BERNEXPO site and not on September 20 and 21, 2023, as initially communicated. According to the organizers, due to the change of the previous venue from Fribourg to Bern, the work around the event could only be started with delay. This was only insufficiently conducive to the ambitious goals of the SCSD, they continue.
New date is broadly supported
The decision was made by the SCSD organizing committee in close consultation with BERNEXPO, the strategic partners. "The decision to postpone the SCSD to February 2024 was not an easy one for us" says Doris Fiala, National Councillor of the FDP and President of the Swiss Cyber Security Days. "We want to organize a unique event in this urgent field. Together with our partners, we decided that a postponement would give us the time to meet the high expectations of the SCSD."
In the meantime, work on the Swiss Cyber Security Days 2024 is in full swing. Renowned partners such as Amazon, Cisco, IBM, Digital Realty, ServiceNow and Kasperski as well as national and international top speakers have already been recruited. Also on board are associations such as the Swiss Venture Club SVC, the Swiss Association of Municipalities and Cities, the Competence Center for Information Security Clusis, various cantonal trade and industry associations and others.
First program highlights defined, more to follow
Meanwhile, the first highlights in the program of the two-day Swiss Cyber Security Days could also be defined. Particularly noteworthy are the contributions of Dr. Jean-Marc Rickli from the Geneva Center for Security Policy GCSP and co-chair of the NATO consortium "Partnership for Peace" (PfPC) takes us on a journey into the topic of "Emerging Technologies". Whether brain-computer interfaces, self-learning humanoid robots, or the latest generation of facial recognition applications, emerging technologies have a major impact on global stability.
What does this mean in terms of society, regulatory frameworks and risk management? The 17-year-old Chilean Elisa Torres from "Girls in Quantum" shows the gigantic potential of quantum computing; IBM demonstrates how to use crypto methods today, which are already built quantum-safe, and the think tank "Pour Demain" awards the "AI Security Prize" for the first time. In addition, in cooperation with the Swiss Association of Municipalities, Swiss municipalities and SMEs will be empowered in hands-on workshop workshops to successfully defend themselves against cyber attacks, even with few resources. "Municipalities and SMEs are particularly vulnerable to crime and espionage from the cyber domain" says Christoph Niederberger, Director of the Swiss Association of Municipalities. "Such practical best-practice events are therefore great. It gives participants the opportunity to better protect themselves against the increasingly urgent threats from the digital space." Other exciting program items are being developed and are in some cases well advanced.
Further information: Swiss Cyber Security Days
