What we offer
The Swiss FS-CSC is the Swiss financial sector’s cyber security platform. We provide cyber threat intelligence, crisis management and incident response capabilities and act as coordinators in the event of a systemic cyber crisis.
Information exchange
Share knowledge and discuss best practices and ways to address cyber security challenges with peers: the Swiss FS-CSC offers members and affiliates an extensive network and a range of platforms for exchanging know-how and information.
Threat intelligence
Identify cyber threats at an early stage and minimise risks: efficient information sharing provides members and affiliates with strategi-cally and tactically important intelligence about current and future threats as well as vital soft-ware patches.
Cybercrisismanagement
Work together to protect your own organisation and the financial centre against cyber risks: the Swiss FS-CSC organises public-private collabo-ration through a number of chapters and the Crisis Coordination Cell (CCC), to prepare the financial centre for potential systemic cyber risks, coordinate responses and communica-tion in the event of a crisis, and minimise dam-age.
Prevention
Practise for emergencies: to test and improve preparations for potential incidents and crises, the Swiss FS-CSC runs strategic and opera-tional cyber exercises for all members and affil-iates.
Information exchange
Share knowledge and exchange on best practices and ways to address cybersecurity challenges with peers.
Provision of a forum for regular information exchange between members and affiliates.
Threat intelligence
Gain insights about ongoing and future threats from malicious actors to decrease imminent and future risks.
Sharing of high-value strategic and tactical intelligence with the members and affiliates, enabling an effective information exchange.
Cybercrisismanagement
Promote and secure one’s own organisation’s interests in the anticipation of and during a systemic cybercrisis.
Offering of specific services covering the preparation, response, and post-crisis phases of a systemic cybercrisis.
Prevention
ncrease readiness to swiftly address incidents and emerging crises.
Organisation of strategic and operational cyberexercises and training for all members and affiliates, sharing of best practices.
Why become a member
As members of the Swiss FS-CSC, financial sector companies benefit from various advantages. These include:
- access to products and services with financial sector-specific added value that go beyond the NCSC’s services
- access to real-time updates on cyber threats to the financial sector and situation reports for the strategic and operational levels
- access to cyber security guidelines and best practice recommendations regarding the Swiss financial market
- support, information gathering and recommended actions during systemic cyber crises and incidents
- exchange and learning opportunities on current cyber topics among banks and insurance companies
- opportunities for networking with cyber experts and decision-makers from other financial market players and Swiss authorities
- Opportunities for networking with cyberexperts and decision-makers from other financial market players and Swiss authorities
- inclusion in national structures and close collaboration with the National Cyber Security Centre
- further training opportunities through cyber exercises and crisis simulations.
How to become a member
Membership is open to all banks, insurance companies, reinsurers, financial market infrastructures, securities firms and financial associations that are headquartered in Switzerland and licensed by FINMA. Membership is also open to the Swiss subsidiaries and branches of foreign banks or insurance companies licensed by FINMA.
To become a member, a bank or insurance/reinsurance company must:
- meet the requirements for membership set out in the Statutes
- submit a membership application
- sign an NDA with the Swiss FS-CSC
- pay the annual fee.
The annual fees are divided into five categories based on FINMA’s categorisation of banks and insurance companies. Associations pay a fixed annual fee of CHF 5,000.
Application for membership
Apply for membership here.
Contribution regulations
You can download the contribution regulations here.
Membership criteria for banks
| Category fees | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| I: CHF 70’400 | Total assets Assets under management Privileged deposits Capital requirements | ≥ 250 CHF billions ≥ 1’000 CHF billions ≥ 30 CHF billions ≥ 20 CHF billions | FINMA licence |
| II: CHF 35’200 | Total assets Assets under management Privileged deposits Capital requirements | ≥ 100 CHF billions ≥ 500 CHF billions ≥ 20 CHF billions ≥ 2 CHF billions | FINMA licence |
| III: CHF 17’600 | Total assets Assets under management Privileged deposits Capital requirements | ≥ 15 CHF billions ≥ 20 CHF billions ≥ 0.5 CHF billions ≥ 0.25 CHF billions | FINMA licence |
| IV: CHF 8’800 | Total assets Assets under management Privileged deposits Capital requirements | ≥ 1 CHF billions ≥ 2 CHF billions ≥ 0.1 CHF billions ≥ 0.05 CHF billions | FINMA licence |
| V: CHF 4’400 | Total assets Assets under management Privileged deposits Capital requirements | < 1 CHF billions < 2 CHF billions < 0.1 CHF billions < 0.05 CHF billions | FINMA licence |
Membership criteria for re/-insurances
| Category fees | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| I: CHF 70’400 | – | – | FINMA licence |
| II: CHF 35’200 | Total assets | 50 CHF billions or complexity | FINMA licence |
| III: CHF 17’600 | Total assets | 1 CHF billions or complexity | FINMA licence |
| IV: CHF 8’800 | Total assets | 0.1 CHF billions or complexity | FINMA licence |
| V: CHF 4’400 | Total assets | 0.1 CHF billions or complexity | FINMA licence |