Digitalisation demands defensive action by Daniel Caduff, FONES

Insomni'hack 2019 Title : Digitalisation demands defensive action Speaker: Daniel Caduff, FONES Increasing levels of IT penetration and networking in almost all areas of life opens up both economic and social potential that a highly developed and industrialised nation like Switzerland cannot fail to act upon. At the same time, however, increasing digitalisation also gives rise to new threats to which we must respond quickly and decisively. The particular danger of targeted cyber-attacks on IT infrastructures affects public-sector bodies, operators of critical infrastructures, and other businesses or organisations to the same degree. These individual businesses and organisations have a fundamen­tal responsibility to protect themselves. However, wherever the functioning of critical infrastructures is affected the state also has a responsibility, based on its remit as laid down in the Federal Constitution, and on the National Economic Supply Act. To address this responsibility, FONES released Switzerland’s ICT-Minimum-Standard in 2018. The ICT Minimum Standard is an expression of the responsibility of the state to protect its citizens, its economy, and its institutions and public administrations. The Minimum ICT Standard comes into play in those areas in which a modern society can least afford outages: in those ICT systems that are important to the functioning of critical infra­structures. Daniel will outline the intention and strategy of FONES to strengthen the resilience of this critical infrastructure against cyber risks.