Cybersecurity has become a crucial issue at all levels. It is a key component of security policy, an essential prerequisite for digitalisation, a central factor in data protection, an opportunity for Switzerland as a business and research location, and an increasingly important element of foreign policy. However, as well as affecting these public-policy issues, it has long since become a factor in the daily interaction of all citizens with digital technologies. It follows from this that a national cybersecurity strategy must take into account a wide range of issues and measures.
Vision
Switzerland leverages the opportunities of digitalisation and mitigates cyberthreats and their impacts through appropriate protective measures. It is one of the world's leading centres of knowledge, education and innovation in the realm of cybersecurity. The capacity to act and the integrity of its population, economy and public authorities and of the international organisations based in Switzerland are protected against cyberthreats.
14.05.2025 - At its meeting on 14 May the Federal Council took note of the first implementation report on the National Cyberstrategy (NCS). The report outlines the status of national efforts to strengthen cybersecurity. It was prepared by the NCS Steering Committee in collaboration with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The report clearly shows that progress has been made: key coordination structures have been established, ongoing projects implemented and new ones launched, and Switzerland’s international profile in the field of cybersecurity has been raised.
07.06.2024 - A steering committee has been set up to manage the National Cyberstrategy (NCS) implementation process. It supports the federal, cantonal, business and academic bodies concerned in implementing the NCS in a targeted and effective manner. The Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) appointed the members of the steering committee and informed the Federal Council of the appointments at the latter's meeting on 7 June.
13.04.2023 - The new national cyberstrategy (NCS) was approved by the Federal Council during its meeting on 5 April 2023 and by the cantons during today's plenary session of the CCJPD. The strategy sets out the objectives and measures with which the federal government and the cantons, together with the business community and universities, intend to counter cyberthreats. A steering committee will be established to plan and coordinate the implementation of the strategy, and will also refine it. Its role is to be expanded and its independence increased.
