[seal] - Innovation Program for Digital Trust and Cybersecurity of Canton Vaud

RELIVE 🔙 #BlackAlps24 EVENT 2024 is almost behind us. Thanks to your loyalty and participation in our activities, we had another great year, especially on November 6th and 7th during our annual conference. With the holiday season fast approaching, we are excited to share: ➡️ The recorded talks (https://lnkd.in/esna-r7D) ➡️ A selection of photos and our now famous aftermovie (https://lnkd.in/eNBMVCSz) We wish our a happy holiday season, and we are looking forward to the new year with all of you! 📅 #BlackAlpsBBQ25 - social event on June 12th, 2025 📅 #BlackAlps25 - conference on November 20th and 21st, 2025 Sylvain Pasini Maude Schneider Yohan Martini Nicolas Oberli Loïc Haas Paul Such Tano Iannetta 🎃

🚀 COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 🚀 We are pleased to announce a new project funded within the call for projects "Empowering Small Organizations to Fight Against the Exponential Growth of Cybercrime". ⚡⚡⚡ IRIS - A serious game to increase the cyber resilience of local public authorities ⚡⚡⚡ https://lnkd.in/eaS6nQuW ➡️ After several incidents, there is an urgent need to strengthen the security posture of municipalities and raise awareness among their employees. The aim of this project is to create a serious game that simulates cyber-attacks and post-incident actions, with game mechanics and content specifically tailored to public sector organizations, featuring advanced UX and allowing an in-depth analysis of participants’ behavior. Partners involved are Marvelous Digital SA | Forward-Thinking Digital Agency, HEIG-VD, Université de Lausanne / ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles, DGNSI - Direction générale du numérique et des systèmes d'information Azizah Boo Cayan Frey Stefano Caneppele Dr. Fabian Muhly Daniel Rappo Fiona Ponzo

Les #deepfakes, le risque de #désinformation publique est un enjeu de première importance. Et ce, encore davantage lors d'une année où un quart de la population mondiale s'est rendue aux urnes pour élire ses représentants politiques. 💡BE INSPIRED FOR YOUR [seal] PROJECT💡 C'est dans ce contexte que le partenaire de notre appel à projets - IMI - Initiative for Media Innovation - a publié le magazine 📰 DECRYPTAGE 📰 qui offre une vue globale des initiatives mises en places ou d’apprentissages auprès de divers experts. https://lnkd.in/eFwCZspq "2024 : Perspectives d'une année d'#élections mondiales à l'ère de l'#IA" ➡️ #Manipulations, #deepakes et contenus synthétiques ou la bataille des images ➡️ #USA : #Désinformation et enjeux technologiques ➡️ #France : Législatives 2024 à l'épreuve de X et des réseaux d'#ingérences ➡️ #Inde : #Microciblage, #chatbots "fantômes" et #avatars ➡️ #Factchecking et journalisme collaboratif ➡️ Pistes et recommandations Remerciements et félicitations aux personnes qui ont contribué à sa rédaction Gilles Labarthe, Mounir Krichane, Julie Schüpbach et Christophe Schenk. EPFL Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) EPFL EPFL AI Center EPFL Research Office EPFL Industry Relations Université de Lausanne FDCA UNIL - Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d'administration publique HEC Lausanne - La Faculté des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de l'Université de Lausanne ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles HUB Entrepreneuriat et Innovation UNIL PACTT - Knowledge Transfer Office UNIL-CHUV HEIG-VD LA FABRIK – Cellule d’Innovation et d’Entrepreneuriat de la HEIG-VD Vaud Economie Innovaud Trust Valley Trust Village Alp ICT unlimitrust Alliance-innovation platinn Swiss Data Science Center DGNSI - Direction générale du numérique et des systèmes d'information Switzerland Innovation Park West EPFL

⚠️ TIPS FOR COMPANIES FOR [SEAL] PROJECTS 1️⃣ You can consider a central role with a very substantial contribution or a more consultative role (strategic direction and choices, feedback from the field, economic positioning, user testing). 2️⃣ Your direct personnel and material costs can be financed (in cash) up to a maximum of 70%. The remaining 30% must be self-financed in cash or in kind. 3️⃣ There is no minimum contribution from your part. Funding [seal] is limited to 90% of project costs, but the remaining 10% may come from sources other than the implementing partners. EPFL Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) EPFL EPFL AI Center EPFL Industry Relations EPFL Research Office Swiss Data Science Center ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles FDCA UNIL - Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d'administration publique HEC Lausanne - La Faculté des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de l'Université de Lausanne HUB Entrepreneuriat et Innovation UNIL PACTT - Knowledge Transfer Office UNIL-CHUV HEIG-VD LA FABRIK – Cellule d’Innovation et d’Entrepreneuriat de la HEIG-VD HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale Trust Valley Trust Village unlimitrust Alp ICT Alliance-innovation platinn Vaud Economie Innovaud DGNSI - Direction générale du numérique et des systèmes d'information IMI - Initiative for Media Innovation

🚀 COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 🚀 We are pleased to announce a new project funded within the call for projects "Empowering Small Organizations to Fight Against the Exponential Growth of Cybercrime". ⚡⚡⚡ WATCHDOG - Security Sensor for SMEs ⚡⚡⚡ https://lnkd.in/e7T773zF ➡️ SMEs often lack the financial means or resources to invest in traditional Security Operations Center (SOC) services. The WATCHDOG project aims to develop a plug-and-play security sensor inspired by best practices and current innovations that can be deployed without advanced technical skills. It will be automatically and remotely configured, provide a simplified and intuitive interface, and integrate advanced forensics and regulatory compliance. Partners involved are Hacknowledge SA / Swiss Post Cybersecurity, HEIG-VD, Université de Lausanne ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles. Deniz M. Sylvain Pasini Thomas Souvignet

🧠 Reminder -> Next deadline this Friday (13/12) to submit your pre-project and get a💲CHF 5,000 lump sum grant to align your partners and setup your project ⚠️ TIPS FOR ACADEMICS 1️⃣ Each laboratory, institute and research group of EPFL, Université de Lausanne and HEIG-VD can participate in the projects 2️⃣ All employees (professors, postdocs, PhD students, assistants, etc.) of these 3 academic institutions can submit or be involved in a project 3️⃣ It is also possible to make a contribution through supervised student work (Master's thesis, for example) 4️⃣ Our funding can be envisaged as a one-off complement to a research project, enabling the application of intermediate results (Proof of Concept, prototype, pilot, Poof of Value) EPFL Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) EPFL EPFL AI Center EPFL Industry Relations EPFL Research Office Swiss Data Science Center ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles Université de Lausanne FDCA UNIL - Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d'administration publique HEC Lausanne - La Faculté des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de l'Université de Lausanne HUB Entrepreneuriat et Innovation UNIL PACTT - Knowledge Transfer Office UNIL-CHUV HEIG-VD LA FABRIK – Cellule d’Innovation et d’Entrepreneuriat de la HEIG-VD HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale Trust Valley Trust Village unlimitrust Alp ICT Alliance-innovation Vaud Economie Innovaud DGNSI - Direction générale du numérique et des systèmes d'information Innosuisse IMI - Initiative for Media Innovation

📢 Applications for our call for projects on MULTIMEDIA - TRUST, SECURITY, AND PRIVACY IN AN ULTRA-CONNECTED SOCIETY in collaboration with IMI - Initiative for Media Innovation are still open until 07.02.2025 https://lnkd.in/eFXPzbYe 🎯 OBJECTIVE The aim of this CFP is to explore new ideas💡and methodologies 📈 , to explore disruptive concepts 💥 and to develop innovative technical solutions 👩💻 to address 3 multimedia-related issues: - privacy, - security of private communications, - and protection against the risks of public disinformation. 📆 NEXT STEPS 13.12.2024 - Submission of pre-projects (1-pager + 3-5mn video pitch) ➡️ Get a lump-sum grant of CHF 5'000.- to set up the project! 07.02.2025 - Submission of full proposals (max. 10 pages + presentation to the [seal] committee) 🌐 USEFUL INFO & REGULATIONS https://lnkd.in/eFXPzbYe EPFL Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) EPFL ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles Université de Lausanne FDCA UNIL - Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d'administration publique HEC Lausanne - La Faculté des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de l'Université de Lausanne HEIG-VD Vaud Economie Innovaud Trust Valley Alp ICT Alliance-innovation unlimitrust DGNSI - Direction générale du numérique et des systèmes d'information Switzerland Innovation Park West EPFL Innosuisse platinn Raphaël Conz Iohannès Bry Stéphanie Buri Sylvain Pasini Carlos Andrés Peña Xavier Brochet Vincent Peiris Ana Maria Nogareda Christophe Champod Thomas Souvignet Johann POLEWCZYK Sébastien Marcel Olivier Crochat Jean-Pierre Hubaux Touradj Ebrahimi Sabine Süsstrunk Marc Barbezat Guillaume Fumeaux Barbara Ronga Laurent Balmelli, PhD Raffael Maio Christophe Nicolas

🚀 COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT 🚀 https://lnkd.in/ewEp3exh We are pleased to announce a new project funded within the call for projects "Empowering Small Organizations to Fight Against the Exponential Growth of Cybercrime" ⚡⚡⚡ COMBATING PHISHING - What innovations can we bring? ⚡⚡⚡ https://lnkd.in/ewEp3exh ➡️ Phishing is a growing societal threat and requires urgent, effective solutions. Through a collaborative process involving field feedback, ideation workshops, and state-of-the-art analysis, this open innovation project will explore technical, organizational, and legal solutions. The results will be prototypes, practical guidelines, and recommendations to strengthen digital security against phishing. Partners involved are HEIG-VD, Université de Lausanne ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles, EPFL Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) EPFL, Navixia SA, Police cantonale vaudoise, DGNSI - Direction générale du numérique et des systèmes d'information, Transports publics de la région lausannoise Sylvain Pasini Thomas Souvignet Linus Gasser Guillaume Fumeaux Tristan L. Serge Miéville Chloé Berthet Johann POLEWCZYK

Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons eu l'honneur d'être invités par Alp ICT pour le tournage d'un #TechTalk autour des questions de 🪪 confiance digitale et de cybersécurité 🔐. Le résultat est à la hauteur de la richesse et la diversité des expertises académiques de l'EPFL, l'Université de Lausanne et la HEIG-VD: ➡️ 1h20 de discussion passionnante entre 3 éminents spécialistes du domaine - Touradj Ebrahimi, Thomas Souvignet et Sylvain Pasini - habilement animée par Delphine Seitiée. Définition de la #confiance digitale, #Cybersécurité x PME, #Forensique x #Investigation numérique, Enjeux et Opportunités de l'#IA, #Cryptographie post-quantique, #protection des #données personnelles: autant de sujets décortiqués par le panel d'experts. A visionner impérativement ! https://lnkd.in/gSGjagvZ Trust Valley Alp ICT Innovaud Alliance-innovation unlimitrust Center for Digital Trust (C4DT) EPFL ESC UNIL – École des sciences criminelles FDCA UNIL - Faculté de droit, des sciences criminelles et d'administration publique Vaud Economie Trust Village DGNSI - Direction générale du numérique et des systèmes d'information

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