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

Bern, 11 June 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 a 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

Mit der Vereinbarung wird die Grundlage geschaffen, dass einzelne Analystinnen und Analysten des Swiss FS-CSC Zugang zu sektorrelevanten Informationen des BACS erhalten. Diese werden genutzt, um finanzmarktspezifische Analysen zu erstellen, neue Angriffsvektoren und Bedrohungsmuster zu identifizieren sowie fundierte Lagebilder für den Sektor zu entwickeln. Die Ergebnisse dieser Analysen werden den Mitgliedern des Swiss FS-CSC zur Verfügung gestellt und über den nationalen Cyber Security Hub (CSH) des BACS veröffentlicht.

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).

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.