Solange Ghernaouti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Solange Ghernaouti

Swiss academic, international expert in cybersecurity and cyber defence

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1958

Place of Birth: Blida, Blida Province, Algeria

Profession: teacher, university teacher, IT security expert

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Solange Ghernaouti (born 5 December 1958) is a Swiss 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. The first female professor at HEC Lausanne in 1987, Solange Ghernaouti is a member of the Swiss academy of technical sciences.
She leads the Swiss Cybersecurity Advisory and Research Group (SCARG)] that she has created and the research group in Complexity Science at the university.
She developed an innovative interdisciplinary approach of digital security serving individuals, organizations and states at strategic and operational levels. She is the author of numerous technical and popular books and scientific publications on the subjects of telecommunications, the control of computer risks, Computer crime and cyberpower.
Since 2018, she keeps a blog on "Le Temps" newspaper website where she publishes various articles about cybersecurity and new technologies in general.Solange Ghernaouti was also president of various associations such as the Erna Hamburger Foundation from 2012 to 2017 (whose aim was to provide direct or indirect material aid to university women or women leaving another higher education course of similar level, doing postgraduate studies in the Canton of Vaud) as well as the Social Commission of the University of Lausanne from 2006 to 2016.