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Memory Safety: An Interview on Rust and the Future of Secure Software Development, Part 2

The first part examined the issue of memory safety vulnerabilities and possible solutions. The programming language Rust is considered a promising path toward more secure software. In this interview, hardware security expert Pascal Mainini (BFH TI) explains why Rust is worth considering, where the biggest hurdles for companies lie, and in which areas the language […]

Memory safety: opportunities and challenges for the software security of the future, Part 1

Software has become an integral part of our everyday lives: whether in the latest electric car, in e-banking or in life-saving systems. One of the most widespread threats to the security of such systems is faulty memory management. Vulnerabilities of this kind are referred to as “memory safety vulnerabilities”. New vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered […]

Secure Personal Data Networks: New Approaches with Linked Data

The Bern University of Applied Sciences is working with the Federal Chancellery to develop new ways of securely exchanging sensitive personal data. The project utilizes Linked Data technology and investigates additional protection mechanisms for decentrally stored data. This could enable more efficient collaboration between different authorities’ population registers in the future. Introduction In Switzerland, data […]