Digital Identity, Privacy and Cybersecurity
Traces blow away in the sand; the digital traces we leave behind on the internet and the devices and systems connected to it can come to light again even after a long time. And not only with the help of cyber forensics.
The BFH Centre Digital Society deals with questions relating to the security of IT systems with a focus on data protection and privacy. With the help of security and reverse engineering, applications and systems are examined to detect vulnerabilities and unnecessary data collectors. With the discovered facts, citizens are to be sensitised to develop an awareness of the dangers of unknowingly exposed data.
In interdisciplinary teams and in cooperation with partners from industry, administration and academia, the BFH Centre develops digital identities and applications (such as e-voting, e-ticketing or road pricing systems) that are not only secure, but also intrinsically contain data and privacy protection from the outset (security and privacy-by-design).
All articles on Digital Identity, Privacy and Cybersecurity

A “data bridge” for business relationships
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
What solutions exist for the transfer of identity information
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
What contemporary identity management must fulfil
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
A label for digital responsibility: The Digital Trust Label
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
How useful is the new Swiss Digital Trust Label?
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, News EN
Will “Verifiable Credentials” replace X.509 certificates in the future?
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution
6 reasons against a central state identity provider
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Connecta 2021 looks to the future
Augmented Intelligence EN, Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Event report EN
Centralised or decentralised identity?
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Self-Sovereign-Identity – from vision to today
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
The digital wallet is coming
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Public Security Test of the Covid Certificate: BFH assists with security
Digital Government EN, Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
The role of the E-ID for digital government
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
The unspoken about the E-ID debacle
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
A brief history of E-IDs
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Is the E-ID now the “digital passport”? – A clarification
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Handling personal data according to the BGEID – Part 2
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Handling personal data according to the BGEID – Part 1
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
E-ID connection from the point of view of a company
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
About privacy at login
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
With the planned E-ID to the Covid 19 vaccination? A thought experiment
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
“With the E-ID law, Switzerland is taking a pioneering role”
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Interview EN
“How can the state ensure cyber security?”
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Interview EN
Taking back control of our data: Re-decentralizing the Web, for good this time (Part 2)
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
The SwissCovid app – many strengths, some weaknesses
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Referendum against the E-ID law
Cybersecurity and IT forensics EN, Professional Contribution EN
The Swiss electronic identity
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
What if the AHV number became an email address?
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Self-Sovereign Identities – Will we control our identity ourselves in the future?
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Secure identities are needed for the trust of customers
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
February issue: About digital identities
Identität und Privatsphäre
December Issue: Cybersecurity – exemplum docet, exempla obscurant
Digital Identity, Privacy & Cybersecurity EN, Professional Contribution EN
Companies must also protect robots from cyberattacks
Cybersecurity and IT forensics EN, Professional Contribution EN
How companies handle electronic business processes securely
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Digitisation in insurance companies – individually or together?
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Payroll reporting – many roads lead to Rome
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Sedex – the digital postman of the Confederation
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Insurance companies rely on M2M communication
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
The social security data exchange ecosystem
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Swissdec – Pioneer in eGovernment Switzerland
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Switzerland-wide holistic building directory
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
How wage and accident data is protected
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
How insurance companies and authorities communicate securely
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
Swissdec history or “From the cradle to the grave, nothing but forms, forms!”
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
May-June issue: How companies and authorities exchange data securely
Identität und Privatsphäre
The Education ID as the basis for the digital school
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN
What are the challenges of managing cyber-attacks in a large company?
Cybersecurity and IT forensics EN, Professional Contribution EN
Challenges in digital forensics on smartphones
Cybersecurity and IT forensics EN, Professional Contribution EN
eDiscovery – the search for relevant information for investigations
Cybersecurity and IT forensics EN, Professional Contribution EN
Vulnerabilities discovered in Swiss Post’s e-voting system
Cybersecurity and IT forensics EN, Professional Contribution EN
Useful and secure digital identities for all areas of life and their properties
Identität und Privatsphäre, Professional Contribution EN