Solange Ghernaouti is a professor at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and an international expert on cybersecurity and cyberdefence. She regularly collaborates with various United Nations, European and government institutions as well as with private corporations.

Solange Ghernaouti
Solange Ghernaouti
Born (1958-12-05) 5 December 1958 (age 65)
Blida, Algeria
CitizenshipSwitzerland, France
Alma materPierre-and-Marie-Curie University (PhD in Computer Science, 1986)
Scientific career
FieldsCybersecurity, Cyberstrategy
InstitutionsUniversity of Lausanne (UNIL)
Websitewww.scarg.org

Solange Ghernaouti was the first woman professor at the HEC Lausanne faculty in 1987 and heads the Swiss Cybersecurity Advisory and Research Group (SCARG)[1] that she created, and the Complexity Sciences Research Group. She obtained her PhD in Computer Science and Telecommunications at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Sorbonne University) under the supervision of Professor Guy Pujolle. She is a former auditor of the Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale, a member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)[2] and a member of the Swiss Commission for UNESCO.[3]

She is the author of numerous technical and popular books and scientific publications[4] on the subjects of telecommunications,[5] the control of computer risks, Computer crime and cyberpower and digital humanities. Since 2018, she keeps a blog on Le Temps newspaper website where she publishes various articles about cybersecurity and the impact of digital and artificial intelligence on society.[6]

A technico-economic and political prospective analyst, she regularly appears in the media (RTS, France Culture,[7] RTBF,[8] RFI,[9] ...)[10] and gives conferences on the five continents.

Solange Ghernaouti was also president of various associations such as the Erna Hamburger Foundation from 2012 to 2017 as well as the Social Commission of the University of Lausanne from 2006 to 2016.

She regularly contributes on a blog of the newspaper Le Temps. In 2020, she publishes fables of the digital era as well as highly noticed articles on the Swiss contact tracing application.[11]

Distinctions edit

  • Ranked among the 100 people who make digital in Switzerland, category researchers - Digital Shapers by Le Temps (September 27, 2018)[12]
  • Her book La cybercriminalité, les nouvelles armes du pouvoir (Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes) received the prize for the best book "Cybercriminalité" at the International Forum on Cybersecurity[13][full citation needed] (23 January 2018).
  • Former auditor of the IHEDN (decree of 8 January 2014)[14]
  • Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour[15] (decree of 31 December 2013)[16]
  • Reserve Lieutenant-Colonel in the French national gendarmerie (2012 - 2017)
  • Member of the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (since 2013)
  • Ranked among the 20 women that make Switzerland by Bilan (2012)[17]
  • Ranked among the 100 most powerful women in Switzerland by the magazine Women in Business (2012)
  • Ranked among the 100 public figures that make Swiss Romandie by l'Hebdo (2011)[18]
  • Ranked among the 300 most influential figures in Switzerland by Bilan (22 June 2011)

Miscellaneous edit

Main books edit

  • S. Ghernaouti, Cybersécurité, analyser les risques, mettre en œuvre les solutions, 6ème édition, Dunod, 2019
  • S. Ghernaouti, Guide pratique de la cybersécurité et de la cyberdéfense, Organisation internationale de la francophonie, 2017[34]
  • S. Ghernaouti, La cybercriminalité: Les nouvelles armes de pouvoir, 2nd edition, EPFL Press, 2017
  • S. Ghernaouti, Sécurité informatique et réseaux, 5th edition, Dunod 2016 (first edition 2006)
  • S. Ghernaouti, CYBERPOWER: Crime, Conflict and Security in Cyberspace, EPFL Press 2013 (Translated in Chinese and published in Peking University Press, 2018[35])
  • S. Ghernaouti & A. Dufour, “Internet” – Que sais-je ?, 11th edition, Presses universitaires de France 2012
  • I. Tashi & S. Ghernaouti-Hélie, Information security evaluation : a holistic approach, EPFL Press 2011
  • S. Ghernaouti, A Global Treaty on Cybersecurity and Cybercrime: A Contribution for Peace, Justice and Security in Cyberspace, 2nd edition, Cybercrimedata 2011 (first edition 2009)
  • R. Berger & S. Ghernaouti-Hélie, Technocivilisation : pour une philosophie du numérique, Focus Sciences, PPUR 2010
  • S. Ghernaouti, Cybersecurity Guide for Developing Countries, 3rd edition revised and expanded, ITU 2009 (first edition 2006)
  • S. Ghernaouti, Stratégie et ingénierie de la sécurité des réseaux, InterEditions 1998
  • S. Ghernaouti & A. Dufour, Enterprise Networks and Telephony from technologies to business strategy, Springer-Verlag 1998
  • C. Servin & S. Ghernaouti, Les hauts débits en télécoms, InterEditions 1998
  • S. Ghernaouti & A. Dufour, Réseaux locaux et téléphonie, Masson 1995
  • S. Ghernaouti, CLIENT / SERVEUR. Les outils du traitement, Réparti coopératif, Masson 1993
  • S. Ghernaouti, Réseaux, applications réparties normalisées, Eyrolles 1990

References edit

  1. ^ "Swiss Cybersecurity Advisory and Research Group – Solange Ghernaouti". Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Les uns les autres" (PDF). L'Uniscope - le Magazine du Campus de l'UNIL. 585. 24 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Commission suisse pour l'UNESCO". www.unesco.ch. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ Ghernaouti-Hélie, Solange. "Comment lutter contre la cybercriminalité ?". Pourlascience.fr. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Cybersecurity guide for developing countries" (PDF). Itu.int. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Cybersécurité – Le blog de Solange Ghernaouti". Blogs.letemps.ch. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Solange Ghernaouti : biographie, actualités et émissions France Culture". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Solange Ghernaouti : "L'individu est dépossédé de sa capacité à prendre des décisions"". RTBF Info (in French). 12 April 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Orient hebdo - Sécurité renforcée aux frontières: un abus de droit?". RFI (in French). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Solange Ghernaouti". avisdexperts.ch. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  11. ^ Ghernaouti, Solange (6 June 2020). "SwissCovid ou GAFAMCovid ?". Cybersécurité (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Digital Shapers 2018".
  13. ^ "International Forum on Cybersecurity" (in French). Grand Palais Lille. 23–24 January 2018. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  14. ^ "Arrêté du 8 janvier 2014 portant désignation des auditrices et auditeurs de la 194e session en région (" promotion Henri Dunant ") de l'Institut des hautes études de défense nationale, Lyon, Genève et Mâcon (du 5 novembre au 13 décembre 2013)". Journal Officiel de la République Française. 10 January 2014.
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  27. ^ "Consortium". Prismacloud.eu. Archived from the original on 5 June 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
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  34. ^ Ghernaouti, S. Guide pratique de la cybersécurité et de la cyberdéfense (PDF) (in French). Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2019.
  35. ^ "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Retrieved 2 July 2023.[dead link]

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