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ETH Zurich currently has more than 180 trainees covering 15 different vocations. All trainees enjoy a practical programme in which they receive individual support and professional guidance. The way in which they are trained at ETH Zurich has changed continuously over many years. The various apprenticeships also include application development IT technicians with a Federal VET Diploma (EFZ) and platform development IT technicians with an EFZ. A look at the past shows how IT vocational training at ETH Zurich has changed. But what exactly did this training programme look like in the beginning?

erstellt am 14.04.2025 von Sandra Saxer,

Lecture as part of the Informatiktage 2025: The IT Services of ETH Zurich and IT-Women@ETH present the crucial role of IT security in biomedical research and provide insights into systems for detecting intruders to prevent the exfiltration of data.

erstellt am 19.03.2025 von Sabine Hoffmann,

On 1 January 2025, the new directive landscape for information security came into force at ETH Zurich.

erstellt am 06.02.2025 von Sabine Hoffmann,

The results of our recent customer satisfaction survey are now available, and we would like to thank you for your valuable feedback. The report has been published.

erstellt am 04.12.2024 von Sabine Hoffmann,

With malicious cyber attacks on the rise, every organisation needs to act and protect its data. To optimise resources, only critical and vital data must be protected with the highest levels of security and redundancy, while less important data can just be given standard protection. The key is to understand which data is vital and which is merely important. ETH has developed a protection strategy based on four data tiers, with Tier 1 at the top and Tier 4 at the bottom of the «importance pyramid».

erstellt am 04.12.2024 von Sabine Hoffmann,

Microsoft now provides «time-of-click» checking of the URLs found in email messages and documents such as MS Word files and spread-sheets.

erstellt am 02.12.2024 von Sabine Hoffmann,

The new IT InfoPortal has been restructured and additional content added. What’s more, the content is no longer only available to central bodies employees, but also throughout ETH.

erstellt am 20.11.2024 von Sabine Hoffmann,

ETH Zurich’s IT Services are certified according to ISO/IEC 20000-1 and ISO/IEC 27001. This year (2024), ITS passed the recertification process again, and the validity of the two certificates was extended until 2027.

erstellt am 18.11.2024 von Sabine Hoffmann,

As part of the migration of personal mailboxes to the cloud, the email filter (spam filter) has been switched from MailCleaner to Exchange Online Protection (EOP).

erstellt am 06.11.2024 von Sabine Hoffmann,

The renovation of Audi Max HG F 30 marked the end of an era in the autumn semester of 2024: after almost 25 years, the lectern with the distinctive reading lamp was replaced. This had replaced a much more imposing wooden platform in the year 2000.

erstellt am 01.11.2024 von Sabine Hoffmann,