Discover the Future of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies
Identify, monitor, analyze and forecast trends related to cybersecurity technologies
Data & Tools
Using diverse and reliable data sources is key to producing meaningful results. The Observatory seeks to identify high-quality datasets and apply various analytical tools to ensure robust, trustworthy research, providing valuable insights and supporting informed decision-making.
Publications
By publishing our findings and methods, we aim to contribute valuable knowledge and foster collaboration within the community. This open-access approach encourages the exchange of insights, allowing institutions to refine methods collectively, thereby enriching technological ecosystem.
Technology Trends
Emerging technologies like are transforming the world, bringing both risks and opportunities. It’s essential to work with public and private sectors, academia, and civil society to develop and adopt these technologies, set international standards for responsible use, and maintain a technological edge.
Cybersecurity Landscape
The Swiss National Cyberstrategy (NCS) recognizes cybersecurity research as vital for strengthening Switzerland’s defense against cyberthreats. While the current landscape is not fully understood, the goal of the Observatory is to create a comprehensive view of the ecosystem including academia, stratup and industry.
Building a community-driven and actionable Technology Intelligence for National Security, Market Research, and Strategic Management.
Part of the Swiss Technology Observatory community gathered in 2022 and 2024 in Sachseln (OW) to discuss current scientific challenges in technology monitoring and forecasting research.
Last Publications
TechRank
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...
Efficient collective action for tackling time-critical cybersecurity threats
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...
Anticipating Cyberdefense Capability Requirements by Link Prediction Analysis
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...