One-fifth of all cyberattacks target the financial sector, a share that is widely expected to rise. As cyberattacks become more frequent, the quantification and measurement of cyber risk and uncertainty will become pressing issues for policymakers. ZISC supported research from Hans Gersbach and Fikri Pitsuwan that discusses the benefits of ‘bug bounty’ programmes, in which
Schwarz Group is the latest partner of the ZISC center. With almost 600,000 employees in more than 30 different countries, the Schwarz Group is among the top retail groups in the world. Based in Neckarsulm, Germany, its pillars in food retailing are Lidl and Kaufland. Schwarz Digits as IT and digital division offers compelling products
Decentralized Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ether have become popular over the last few years, a development that has not gone unnoticed by central banks. Due to this popularity, as well as the increasing digitalization of payments and the constantly reducing role of cash in society, central banks around the world are increasingly interested in
Under Prof. Adrian Perrig‘s and Prof. David Basin‘s supervision, a group of researchers published a new paper on a fascinating topic: Internet Backbones in Space. Satellite constellation networks are one of the most recent and exciting developments in networking. Renewed interest in this area has been sparked by an unprecedented wave of investments to develop
The ZISC center is happy to promote and support the new fellowship program from our ZISC partner armasuisse and its Cyber-Defence (CYD) campus: CYD Fellowships – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research. CYD Fellowships are designed to promote new solutions to major challenges in the fields of security and data science by bringing together basic