Enhanced cybersecurity cooperation in the financial sector: NCSC and Swiss FS-CSC strengthen partnership

11.06.2025 - The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Swiss Financial Sector Cyber Security Centre (Swiss FS-CSC) are strengthening their partnership to bolster cybersecurity across Switzerland's financial sector. With the cooperation agreement they are joining forces and implementing targeted measures against growing cyberthreats.

Switzerland's financial centre ranks amongst the world's most significant. A successful cyberattack could inflict severe economic damage on individual institutions while undermining confidence in the entire financial centre's operational integrity. Given these risks, coordinated efforts between federal authorities and the financial sector are essential. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Swiss Financial Sector Cyber Security Centre (Swiss FS-CSC) have therefore enhanced their existing partnership through the cooperation agreement. This partnership facilitates structured information sharing on threats, risks, methodologies and emerging trends in cybersecurity, strengthening the financial sector's resilience and enhancing targeted protection of critical infrastructure.

New agreement reinforces financial sector cybersecurity cooperation

The agreement enables selected Swiss FS-CSC analysts to access sector-specific intelligence held by the NCSC. This intelligence supports the development of financial market analyses, identification of emerging attack vectors and threat patterns, and production of comprehensive sector situation reports. These findings will be shared with Swiss FS-CSC members and published through the NCSC's national Cyber Security Hub (CSH).

The NCSC will provide the necessary organisational and technical infrastructure. Swiss FS-CSC analysts will integrate into existing NCSC workflows while maintaining operational independence under Swiss FS-CSC authority.

Partnership designed for flexible expansion

The new partnership adopts a modular approach and is open to gradual development in order to optimally integrate the financial sector's future needs. The agreement was signed by Florian Schütz, Director of the NCSC, August Benz, President of the Swiss FS-CSC, and Alexandra Arni, Executive Officer of the Swiss FS-CSC.

About the Swiss FS-CSC

The Swiss FS-CSC association operates as a public-private partnership designed to enhance the financial sector's cyber resilience and strengthen collaboration between financial institutions and authorities on strategic and operational matters. Established in Zurich on 5 April 2022, the association now comprises over 170 members, including banks, reinsurance companies, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), SIX, securities firms, financial sercice providers, asset managers, Liechtenstein financial institutions and industry associations. The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) participate as affiliates in key committees.