In creating the Cyber Defence Campus at ETH Zurich, DPS head Viola Amherd and ETH President Joël Mesot have set up a platform to pool cyber defence capabilities. (Photograph: Alessandro Della Bella / ETH Zurich)
Defence Minister Viola Amherd and ETH President Joël Mesot have opened a laboratory for the national Cyber Defence Campus at ETH Zurich. This is the final element in a project connecting three locations and bringing together the Swiss federal government, universities and industry in a joint effort to tackle the growing threat emerging from cyberspace. It was a wake-up call: in 2016, Switzerland's state-owned defence company Ruag was the target of a major cyberattack. That was when people realised Switzerland was inadequately protected against cyber dangers, said Viola Amherd, head of the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS), on Friday at the official opening ceremony for a national Cyber Defence Campus (CYD) laboratory at ETH. Cyber risks: a priority for security policy. "In recent years, the security situation has deteriorated worldwide. One aspect of this is the growing threat emerging from cyberspace," Amherd said.
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