Cyber-Malware: Anatonmy, Technical Feasibility and Borders

by Prof. Dr. Bernhard M. Hämmerli, Head of Cyber Security, SATW

Before Snowden many security experts were considered as doomsday prophecy makers. Analyzing Snowden’s and similar material we created a landscape to identify technical feasibility of malware and its construction plans. This leads to crystal clear statements on risks associated with cyber. Both general attacks and attacks generated in collaboration between supplier and governments will be presented. Recognizing the poor protection options and capabilities “cyber resilience = protect detect respond” concept includes additional layer of monitoring and preparedness, because protection is insufficient. With collaborative efforts such as information sharing we can improve protection and detection, but interesting new questions will confront us on both the personnel side and the next level attack scenario.

About Prof. Dr. Bernhard M. Hämmerli

Bernhard M. Hämmerli is Professor in the Norwegian Information Security Laboratory www.nislab.no at Norwegian University of Science and Technology www.ntnu.no and at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences LUAS in Lucerne School of Information Technology. He is a Member of Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences and leads the Cyber Security Activities www.satw.ch/cyber. Additionally he is CEO of Acris GmbH, which does strategic consulting www.acris.ch in information security and organizer of the Swiss CISO Summit www.ciso-summit.ch.
His work is related to research creating highest security in organizational, human, technology and collaborative effort aspects. He was chair for the working group “The critical Infrastructure in the EU” at Center for European Policy Studies in Brussel and is Rapporteur of the Networking Information Security (Chapter 3 Voluntary Information Sharing etc.) Platform (NIS-P) of DG CNECT. He is committed to raise cyber security level in Switzerland in the private and the public sector, as well as in the armed forces.

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