Fintech Forensics

Short Advanced Studies (SAS)

Short Advanced Studies (SAS) are courses that take 30 to 160 hours (1 to 9 ECTS – can be credited towards DAS or MAS). Participants acquire in-depth, industry-relevant insights and skills on current topics in a short space of time. Students who do not wish to take SAS competency assessments are awarded a course certificate (no ECTS in that case).

Portrait

The digital transformation of society is affecting crime, criminals and criminal investigation. New cyber criminal methods using advanced technical tools and exploitation are an opportunity for criminals and a challenge for investigators. Technically complex illegal activities are being sold as services to less skilled criminals, increasing the challenge of fighting cybercrime. On the other hand, criminals face increasing challenges trying to hide and avoid attribution. The large amount of digital traces stored across multiple locations and devices creates an opportunity for criminal forensic investigators.

Crime scenes are also changing. With the growth of cybercrime, crime scenes are becoming virtual, global, and multi-jurisdictional. Investigating a transnational cyber crime scene requires investigative tools to remotely gather information, and also collaboration between entities in both the public and private sectors.

Modern physical crime scenes have a comprehensive array of digital evidence sources. In addition to PCs and notebooks, digital evidence traces can be found in mobiles, IoT devices, automobiles, smart control systems, data stored with cloud providers, social media, and distributed on servers across the Internet. With the increase in digital and online payment systems, financial transactions are also becoming an important digital evidence source, especially in financially motivated crimes like fraud, ransomware, and extortion.

Our unique Digital Forensics and Cyber Investigation (DFCI) Short Advanced Study (SAS) programs give you a wide range of practical skills needed for an exciting career combating, analyzing and investigating cyber criminal activity.

Career opportunities

The DFCI SAS programs prepare students for career opportunities in a variety of organizations who depend on forensic investigation capabilities. For example:

• Law enforcement – Federal agencies, KAPOs
• Military and government – NCSC, CERTs, cyber-troops
• Finance industry – fraud and cybercrime investigation teams
• Insurance industry – cyber insurance claims investigation
• Large enterprises – security and incident response teams
• Consultancy and audit – e-Discovery, accounting, "Big Four"
• IT security service providers and product vendors
• Private boutique digital forensic and investigation firms

Course guidance

Choosing a basic or continuing education programme is an important decision when planning your professional career. We will be happy to answer your questions and clarify your personal requirements for the desired continuing education during an individual consultation.

Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne (SIPBB)

A location with many advantages

• Classrooms within two minutes walking distance from Biel/Bienne railway station
• Ideal train connections from Bern’s main railway station (every 15 minutes) and from Bern Wankdorf (every 30 minutes)
• State-of-the-art infrastructure in the new SIPBB building
• Various catering options in the immediate vicinity
• Innovation and networking events

And that’s not all! Biel/Bienne is…

• an innovation hotspot,
• a university city,
• an industrial and service city with numerous major players in the watchmaking, mechanical engineering, precision engineering and medical technology industries and major representatives of the communications and telecommunications sectors,
• bordered by Lake Biel and its wide range of sports and leisure facilities,
• a city that embodies bilingualism,
• a town with a vibrant cultural life.

Biel Aarbergstrasse 46 (Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne)