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 able to steal sensitive data from security authorities through the Swiss IT service providers Xplain AG and Concevis. Federal government and the cantons decided on a new National Cyber Strategy (NCS) and the Armed Forces adopted its overall cyber concept as an important milestone in the development of its Cyber Command. These events underline the importance of our mission at the Cyber-Defence Campus to reinforce cyber security in Switzerland and to help shape the advancing digitalisation of our country. In particular, we are more challenged than ever to anticipate and drive forward the technological developments in the cyber area and, with our knowledge, to strengthen cyber resilience in Switzerland.

2023-Annual-report