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Ralph Kyburz

Zurich Cantonal Police
  • Deputy Head of the Digital Forensics Unit
Ralph Kyburz has worked for the Kantonspolizei Zürich for eight years, supporting many complex investigations relating to cryptocurrency and other digital traces. He is currently working in the Digital Forensics Unit of the Cybercrime division supporting the acquisition and forensic analysis of digital evidence. Since 2020 he is also part of the specialised cryptocurrency investigations team working on analysis and seizure of crypto assets. He is also teaching in several academic programs for network forensics, cryptocurrency investigations as well as application and operating system artifacts. He regularly travels in Europe but also overseas to conferences relating to Digital Forensics, cryptocurrencies and cybercrime. Building strategic relationships with the global LE community, prosecutors, judges and the private sector are part of his passion. Lately he worked some of the biggest cases in drug trafficking in Switzerland analysing blockchain traces, darknet investigations as well as other surveillance measures. Digital traces, demixing of crypo asset transfers and surveillance measures are part of his daily working routine.