Category: Computing
-
Computer Security: Click’n’Boom
This summer, the IT department’s identity management team, the mail team and the Computer Security Team rolled out additional measures to protect your account and your mailbox
-
An exabyte of disk storage at CERN
CERN disk storage capacity passes the threshold of one million terabytes of disk space
-
Computer security: T2U4U2FA* *Thanks to you for using 2FA
One year ago, the CERN Computer Security team and the IT Identity Management team started the CERN-wide roll-out of multifactor authentication to staff and users. The combination of a second “factor”, i.e. something you have, and the primary factor “something you know”1, i.e. your password, provides the ultimate silver bullet for the protection of your
-
Computer Security: Avoiding salmonella in your code
Writing quality software is like preparing an amazing meal for your friends. Quality ingredients. Established utensils. A clean kitchen (at least initially). And regular tasting to avoid giving your friends a disappointment (or salmonella). The same thing applies to coding. Choosing a suitable programming language. Using established software and version management tools. Preparing clean and
-
Computer Security: I know what you did last summer
Just in time for the end of the holiday season and with reference to a famous film of the 90s, we set out to study where you’ve been and what you did this (last) summer… without infringing on your privacy as you’re actually already publishing this information freely. Or, rather, your smartphone is. As discussed
-
Computer Security: Don’t get socially engineered
“Social engineering” is the art of manipulating you to perform actions you would not normally perform
-
Bright minds unite: 2023 CERN Webfest celebrates two winning projects and successful collaborations
The 2023 edition of CERN’s annual hackathon took place from 21 to 23 July, with the theme “science, research and education”
-
Computer Security: Fighting spam – the Boss Level
When it comes to protecting mailboxes against unwanted, unsolicited or even malicious emails, spam filtering is the first line of defence
-
Preparing for a quantum leap: researchers chart future for use of quantum computing in particle physics
Experts from CERN, DESY, IBM Quantum and others publish a white paper identifying activities in particle physics that could benefit from the application of quantum-computing technologies
-
Computer Security: Dear summer students, welcome!
A warm welcome to the summer-student class of 2023! In order to make your digital life as comfortable as possible, here are a few things you need to know