Foreword

2022 was a groundbreaking year for developments in the field of artificial intelligence. The company OpenAI unveiled two AI-based systems, DALL-E 2 and ChatGPT, which are able to automatically generate images respectively texts of such high quality that they approximate human abilities. The impact for cyber defence, the CYD Campus and society in general is significant. As Federal Councillor Viola Amherd pointed out at the REAIM 2023 conference in The Hague, the use of artificial intelligence in defence can offer many opportunities, but at the same time risks and ethical aspects must be taken into account. A lot happened at the CYD Campus in 2022. Looking back, we have made significant progress in the fourth year since the CYD Campus was founded. For example, the number of partner organisations working with the CYD Campus has increased to more than 60. I am particularly pleased that we were able to expand the number of study places. In 2022, 13 students from Swiss universities had the opportunity to conduct their research as CYD Fellows and another 39 students completed a university internship or a master’s thesis as part of the talent development programme at the CYD Campus. We managed to effectively network and significantly strengthen the Swiss cyber community thanks to our events such as the CYD Campus Conference in Bern, the Cyber Alp Retreat in Sachseln, the conducted hackathons, the Cyber Startup Challenge and Jam Sessions. We also succeeded in intensifying international cooperation, for example by sending one of our cyber experts to the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia, for a three-year period.