by Technology Observatory | Jan 4, 2024 | Podcasts, Press, Publications
Digital technologies offer strong potential for Switzerland, but it is crucial to understand which opportunities and risks, as well as which dependencies, arise when using them. One of the goals of the DDPS’ cyber strategy is to be as technically autonomous as...
by Technology Observatory | Jan 1, 2024 | Technology Reviews
Foreword 2023 was an eventful year for Switzerland in cyberspace. The number of reported cyber incidents increased to almost 50,000 reports. Swiss organisations and authorities were the target of a coordinated DDoS attack in two weeks over the summer. Hackers were...
by André Charneca, Angelika Romanou, Ljiljana Dolamic, Alain Mermoud | Dec 22, 2023 | Podcasts
Abstract This study investigates the effectiveness of two distinct computational approaches for mapping the technological landscape by extracting company and product relations from news articles. The first approach leverages Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically...
by Anita Mezzetti, Loïc Maréchal, Dimitri Percia David, Thomas Maillart, Alain Mermoud | Dec 21, 2023 | Podcasts, Publications, Scientific Articles
Abstract: This article introduces TechRank, a recursive algorithm based on a bipartite graph with weighted nodes that the authors developed to link companies and technologies based on the reflection method. They allow the algorithm to incorporate exogenous variables...
by Sébastien Gillard, Dimitri Percia David, Alain Mermoud, Thomas Maillart | Nov 7, 2023 | Publications, Scientific Articles
Abstract The latency reduction between the discovery of vulnerabilities, the build-up, and the dissemination of cyberattacks has put significant pressure on cybersecurity professionals. For that, security researchers have increasingly resorted to collective action in...
by Santiago Anton Moreno, Dimitri Percia David, Alain Mermoud, Thomas Maillart, Anita Mezzetti | Sep 20, 2023 | Publications, Scientific Articles
Abstract Job offers reveal employer preferences about capabilities required for future cyberdefense. We model such job openings as edges of a bipartite network of organizations and technologies. We propose and train a parsimonious prediction algorithm with extant job...
