Published on 21 July 2023

Events

In order to build the cyberdefence community in Switzerland, we regularly organise public events on cyber topics relevant to defence and security. One annual highlight is the CYD Campus Conference with more than 300 participants from the public sector, industry and academia.

Upcoming Event

CYD Campus Conference 2026: 03.06.2026

Past events

The Role of Cyber in Conflicts and (Hybrid) Warfare
The annual Cyber-Defence Campus Conference toke place in the Kursaal Bern on 29 October 2025. From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Conference was dedicated to the topic “The Role of Cyber in Conflicts and (Hybrid) Warfare” and offered a diverse programme with high-profile speakers from politics, research and industry.

CYD Campus Conference 2025
Emerging and Disruptive Cyber Technologies: Quantum, Next-Gen Networks und AI: 30 October 2024
The Cyber-Defence Campus Conference took place on 30 October 2024 at the Kursaal in Bern. The main topic of the conference was ‹Emerging and Disruptive Cyber Technologies: Quantum, Next-Gen Networks and AI.›

Cyber-Defence Campus Conference 2024:«Emerging and Disruptive Cyber Technologies: Quantum, Next-Gen Networks and AI»
Security in the Age of AI: Opportunities and Risks: 26 October 2023
The 2023 Cyber-Defence Campus Conference took place on 26 October 2023 at the Kursaal in Bern. The core theme of the conference is Security in the Age of AI: Opportunities and Risks.
- CYD Campus Conference on securing future digital infrastructure: 26 Ocotober 2022
- CYD Campus Conference & CRITIS: 27 - 29 September 2021
- CYD Campus Conference on Cyber Threat & Technology Intelligence: 03 November 2020
The term «hackathon» is a portmanteau of the terms «hacking» and «marathon» and describes an event on collaborative software or hardware development. Hackathons have a specific theme or are technology-based and aim to find common solutions for urgent problems.
BACS (Building Automation and Control Systems) Hackathon from 3 to 7 February 2025
The Cyber-Defence Campus hosted its BACS (Building Automation and Control Systems) Hackathon in Thun, bringing together cybersecurity researchers, industry experts, and building automation specialists. The goal was to analyze security vulnerabilities in real HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems, identify potential threats, and develop defensive strategies.
Satellite Communication Security Hackathon from 14 to 18 October 2024
A CYD Campus hackathon on satellite cybersecurity was held, bringing together experts from across Europe to explore different solutions to improve offensive and defensive capacities in this field. Experts from the ETH Zurich, EPFL, University of Oxford, and the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau collaborated on creating a fullfledged solution to build a system for satellite detection and security tracking
Car Hackathon from 16 to 20 October 2023
The CYD Campus Car Hackathon is part of our Cyber Training initiative. This hackathon promises to be an exceptional experience, bringing together the brightest minds from AMAG, ETH/EPFL/ZHAW students, Nozomi Networks, Swiss Post, and CYD employees. Get ready to dive into the world of automotive cybersecurity!
ICS Hackathon from 11 to 14 September 2023
During the ICS Hackathon, around 30 experts from administration, industry, universities as well as students have come together to gain practical experience in the areas of cyber attacks and defence methods in a realistic ICS test environment. In addition to the classic hackathon, corresponding courses - especially for experts from energy supply companies - will be offered this year as part of the «Cyber Training» project. The «Cyber Training» project was launched in response to the constantly changing requirements and increasing complexity of cyber security at national level.
Cyber Startup Challenge 2024: 30 October 2024
The Cyber Startup Challenge took place for the fifth time in 2024. In May 2024, the Cyber-Defence Campus called for innovative solutions to be developed for the security of artificial intelligence. Startups presented their ideas to a jury of experts from the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (VBS). The startup ‹Patronus AI› was particularly convincing and in 2025 will be given the opportunity to present its solution to the DDPS in a feasibility study under real conditions.
Media release: The start-up «Patronus AI» wins over the DDPS in the Cyber Start-up Challenge 2024
Cyber Startup Challenge 2023: 26 October 2023
The Cyber Startup Challenge took place for the fourth time in 2023. In June 2023, the Cyber-Defence Campus launched its call for innovative solutions in the field of «Security of smartphone applications and their potential threats». Ten start-ups responded to the call and presented their solutions to the jury, which was made up of cyber experts from the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS). The company Ostorlab impressed the jury with its application scanner, which performs security analyses on mobile applications. In 2024, the company will be able to implement its solution in a feasibility study tailored to the army and demonstrate it to the DDPS in a real environment
Media release: Cyber Start-up Challenge 2023: Start-up Ostorlab convinces the DDPS
Cyber Start-up Challenge 2022: 26 October 2022
The call for the Cyber Start-up Challenge started for the third time in succession in June 2022. The goal of the Challenge is to explore the start-up technology landscape in a specific subject area, in order to integrate innovative technologies into the armed forces. As part of the Cyber Start-up Challenge 2022, 36 start-ups from various different countries presented their innovative technologies in the area Network detection and security of IoT devices. The start-up ONEKEY was able to convince the jury of cyber experts from the DDPS with its automated security analysis technology. Using the «Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)» and automatically generated «Digital Twins», ONEKEY checks for possible critical security vulnerabilities and compliance violations in the operational software.
Cyber Start-up Challenge 2021: 28 September 2021
Start-ups could submit their innovative technology solutions under this year’s motto «Strengthen your Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC)» in the field of cyber threat intelligence with a focus on critical infrastructure protection. The winning Zurich-based company, Decentriq, was selected at the CYD Campus Conference on September 28, 2021.
Cyber Start-up Challenge 2020: 03 February 2020
In August 2020, the Cyber Defence Campus of the DDPS launched the call for the Cyber Start-up Challenge on the topic of novel solutions in the field of cyber threat intelligence. Twenty-two Start-ups responded to the call and presented their solutions to the jury, composed of cyber experts from the Swiss Armed Forces and armasuisse Science and Technology.
2025
- Signalgate & the enduring relevance of OPSEC in 2025: 15. September 2025 - Mark Barwinski, Cybersecurity Executive / Lecturer, Hochschule Luzern
- FitonDuty: Lessons learned while looking for anomalous data in physiological signals: 18. August 2025 - Dr. Yago Lizarribar, Scientific Project Manager - Cyber-Defence Campus
- The CYD Campus Journey: Missions, Milestones and Moments: 23. Juni 2025 - Dr. Vincent Lenders, Former Director of the Cyber-Defence Campus
- Security Challenges in Building Automation: Why connecting legacy systems to the Cloud is a bad idea: 26. May 2025 - Nicolas Oberli, Scientific Project Manager at the Cyber-Defence Campus
- Network Traffic Analysis: Trends and Technologies: 17. March 2025 - Lucas Crijns, Scientific Project Manager at the Cyber-Defence Campus
- The Quantum Safe Cryptography Migration – First of its kind in all aspects: 24. February 2025 - Silvio Dragone, Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Research Europe
2024
- Manipulate, deceive, subvert: on the role of AI-generated images in cyber influence activities: 02. December 2024 - Dr. Raphael Meier, Scientific Project Manager at the CYD Campus
- Monitoring wireless frequencies for device identification and threat detection: 11. November 2024 - Michael Dugent, Global Sales Director, IoT; Moreno Carullo, Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer; Giovanni Dini Gentilini, Security Research Manager at Nozomi Networks
- Introduction to quantum computing and its possible uses: 21. October 2024 - Dr. Philipp Kammerlander, Lecturer at ETH Zurich
- Threats and vulnerabilities in satellite cybersecurity: 23. September 2024 - Dr. Martin Strohmeier, Scientific Project Manager at the CYD Campus
- Securing wide-area networks through innovative solutions: 26. August 2024 - Dr. Roland Meier, Scientific Project Manager at the CYD Campus
- Quantum technologies: trends and implications for cyber defense: 10. Juin 2024 - Dr. Julian Jang-Jaccard, Scientific Project Manager at the Cyber-Defence Campus
- Large language models: breakthroughs, dangers and limitations: 27. May 2024 - Florian Badertscher, CTO & Co-Founder und Sandro Nafzger, CEO & Co-Founder von Bug Bounty Switzerland
- The state of vulnerability in Switzerland and how bug bounties work: 06. May 2024 - Dr. Ljiljana Dolamic, Scientific Project Manager at the Cyber-Defence Campus
- Functional transport privacy with the help of off-the-shelf hardware: 29. January 2024 - Dr. Sebastian Bürgel, Founder HOPR, Rik Krieger, Co-Founder HOPR und Tino Breddin, Director Engineering HOPR
2023
- Analysis of domain information to protect against cyber attacks: 04 December 2023 - Patrick Schläpfer, Malware-Analyst, HP Inc. and Beni Urech - Senior Cyber Security Analyst, SNB
- Self-Sovereign Identity: Introduction, Opportunities and Challenges: 02 October 2023 - Dr. Martin Burkhart, Scientific Project Manager CYD Campus
- Uncovering and fixing critical blind spots in deep learning models: 09 September 2023 - Dr. Pavol Bielik, Co-founder and CTO LatticeFlow
- E-Mail Security: 12 June 2023 - Planck Security AG
- The Dark Side of the Droid: 22 May 2023 - Alessio Merlo, University of Genua
- Crypto Agility Management: 08 May 2023 - InfoSec Global
- ChatGPT: 06 March 2023 - Andrei Kucharavy, Scientific Project Manager CYD Campus
2022
- Post-quantum cryptography: 28 November 2022 - CryptoNext Security AG
- Secure Private Computing: 29 August 2022 - Prof. Dr. Katerina Mitrokotsa, University of St. Gallen
2021
- Quantum-Resistent: 15 November 2021 - Stiepan Aurélien Kovac, itk.swiss
- Cybersecurity enriched by Quantum Technologies: 06 September 2021 - Jean-Sébastien Pegon, ID Quantique SA
- Tutorial: Running programs at terabits per second in network switches: 19 May 2021 - Dr. Roland Meier, ETH Zürich
- Three Tech4Trust Start-ups: 03 May 2021 - Nagib Aouini, CEO und founder of DuoKey SA; Gregor Jehle, CEO P3KI GmbH; Simon Janin, CEO X80 Security SAS

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