Reporting and Analysis Center for Information Assurance MELANI

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The Reporting and Analysis Center for Information Assurance MELANI is an organization of federal administration of Switzerland .

The Swiss Federal Council created MELANI in order to be able to meet the mandate of the Federal Constitution (preservation of welfare) in the Internet age.

MELANI has been operational since October 1st, 2004. The main task of MELANI is the protection of the national critical infrastructures. Operators of critical infrastructures can join a closed group of customers and thus have information that is not accessible to the general public. MELANI also prepares management reports, e.g. E.g. on the occasion of the UEFA Euro 2008 , the World Economic Forum or the Ice Hockey World Championship 2009 . Finally, MELANI informs the public of major incidents by means of a newsletter and provides a range of tools and instructions on the website to protect private computers.

In 2012, MELANI was also commissioned to implement the "National Strategy for the Protection of Switzerland from Cyber ​​Risks" (National Cyber ​​Strategy; NCS). The coordination office for the implementation of the measures contained in the NCS is therefore located at MELANI.

MELANI does offer a report form with which incidents of cybercrime can be reported for technical analysis. For a criminal investigation, however, one should contact the Coordination Office for Combating Internet Crime CYCO .

organization

The strategic part of MELANI belongs to the Federal Finance Department FDF and is part of the federal IT management body. Various partners from administration and business work together at MELANI. The Operation Information Center OIC, the operational part of MELANI, is part of the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS). The OIC maintains close contacts with domestic and foreign intelligence services as well as domestic and foreign investigative authorities. Our own Computer Emergency Response Team CERT (GovCERT.ch) carries out technical analyzes of malware .

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