Security Working Group Meeting 2026

14th January 2026

University of Bern

Registration

About

The Security Working Group Meeting is our annual community gathering at the start of the year, bringing together security professionals from across the community. The meeting provides a platform to discuss emerging trends, current challenges, and practical approaches to addressing them. Just as importantly, it offers dedicated time to exchange ideas, share experiences, and connect with peers—one of the core values of this event.

Agenda

08:30
Welcome Coffee / Registration
09:00
Welcome

Welcome to Sec WG

Overview ValueStream Security, Martin Leuthold, Switch

09:30
Cybersecurity Audit at CERN: Findings, Roadmap, and Implementation Plan

Stefan Lüders, CERN

10:15
Coffee Break
10:45
Vulnerability Management: Nessus, PanOp, OpenVas

Stephen Sheridan, ETHZ & Arnaud Fortier, UniFR

11:45
Lunch Break
13:30
Coffe Break
14:00
Non MS SOC Feedback

The CommunitySOC is currently Microsoft centric. Switch want's to understand, how the community sees the need of a non Microsoft based SOC and invites you to share your views.

Sandro-Diego Wölfle, Switch

14:25
Switch CERT – Velociraptor

Switch has been building a digital forensic platform using Velociraptor and done several PoC installations at various institutions. We are sharing the results and describing the next steps of this part of the CERT service.

Lena Büchler, Switch

14:25
Community SOC Management Meeting

The bi-yearly CommunitySOC Management Meeting happens in parallel to the other tracks. The decision makers/CISO of the CommunitySOC members are invited to help shape the future of the SOC.

Darja-Anna Yurovsky & Sandro-Diego Wölfle, Switch

Room 304, Hauptgebäude

15:00
Coffee Break
15:15
Switch SOC: GÉANT Threat Intelligence

Protecting Swiss Higher Education and Research with a Threat Intelligence Platform that collects real data from real incidents and automatically distributes them to all participating institutions. A tale of sharing on a european scale.

Sergio Garcia Albea, Switch

16:30
End

Wrap up

Jens-Christian Fischer, Switch

Registration

Event Location

University of Bern

Hochschulstrasse 4

3012 Bern

Kuppelraum, Room 501

https://www.philosophie.unibe.ch/e336221/e441786/e441788/files441790/FloorMap_ger.pdf

Floor Map_UniBE.pdf

Lunch Location

Beaulieu

Erlachstrasse 3
3012 Bern

Lunch will take place at Restaurant Beaulieu, conveniently located just a 6-minute walk from the University of Bern.

Here you'll find the lunch menu