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Cyber risks management
New version of the digital risk awareness kit of Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr
On 13 June 2019, ACYMA launched a new version of the digital risk awareness kit of Cybermalveillance.gouv.fr. One year after the release of the first part of the kit, 5 new themes and 4 new formats are added to this new version. This tool was developed through months of collaboration between public institutions, private organisations and member associations of the...
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Cybercrime
Law No. 2018-1202 of 22 December 2018 on combating the manipulation of information (By General Marc Watin-Augouard, Founder of the FIC)
The law announced by President Macron during his New Year speech to the press on 3 January 2017 has been promulgated following consideration by the Constitutional Council. The Council Members (‘Sages’) declared that the text was in conformity with the Constitution (Decision No. 2018-773 DC of 20 December 2018). Their only reservation was to limit its application to information that is...
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Digital Transformation
How are your Emotions Manipulated through Social Networks? (by Guy Philippe Goldstein)
In this podcast (in French), cybersecurity expert Guy Philippe Goldstein explains why social networks should be used with care and why we should better monitor our private data online.
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FIC Tech
Securing Our Communications: From Email to WhatsApp and Beyond (By Thomas Baignères and Matthieu Finiasz, OLVID)
When Ray Tomlinson sent “QWERTYUIOP” over the ARPANET in July 1971, he probably did not suspect that this would be the beginning of a communication system that would be used by billions of people for more than 40 years. Today, six billion addresses exchange more than 150 million emails every minute (two out of three of which are of a dubious...
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Homeland security and Defense
The “Mole” from the Power Grid (by Yugo Neumorni, Cybersecurity Council Chairman, European CIO Association)
When the financial institutions were defeated by the cyber-attacks in the early years of the 21st century the industrial sector was not so much concerned. It was obvious that the cybercriminals were looking for money and credit cards details, and they had little or no interest in the operational field of heavy industry. Why would a...
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Legal Issues
10 good reasons to set up a cybersecurity company in Switzerland (by the GGBa)
In the age of digitization and with the ever-increasing number of connected devices and applications, cybersecurity has become a core concern for public institutions and businesses of all sizes. With its long tradition of neutrality, legal certainty and political stability, Switzerland is well suited to become a global cybersecurity hub. Here are ten compelling reasons...
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Operational security
Securing Our Communications: From Email to WhatsApp and Beyond (By Thomas Baignères and Matthieu Finiasz, OLVID)
When Ray Tomlinson sent “QWERTYUIOP” over the ARPANET in July 1971, he probably did not suspect that this would be the beginning of a communication system that would be used by billions of people for more than 40 years. Today, six billion addresses exchange more than 150 million emails every minute (two out of three of which are of a dubious...
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Sector-based Approaches
Artificial Intelligence: A “Game Changer” for Cyber Defence (by Guillaume Tissier, CEIS)
Humans are unable to single-handedly deal with cyber attacks. This is the view shared by cybersecurity professionals. There are several reasons to this: the volume of attacks, their constant mutations, the speed of reaction they require, and the lack of expertise on the market. Artificial intelligence (AI), already widely used in fraud prevention, increasingly...
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