Category: Computing

  • How CERN IT keeps up with the data deluge

    How CERN IT keeps up with the data deluge

    At CERN we are used to dealing with a deluge of data, but the numerical value behind the word “deluge” has significantly evolved over the years

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  • Computer security: security workouts

    Computer security: security workouts

    Just like your summer exercise regime, computer security requires permanent training to stay fit and healthy

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  • Computer Security: Audited for the better

    Computer Security: Audited for the better

    Summer 2023 was an intense season for CERN computer security…

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  • Computer Security: Security NIMBYs

    Computer Security: Security NIMBYs

    If we want to protect CERN and to have a decent level of security, we cannot avoid deploying a certain set of computer security measures… and they all come with inconveniences

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  • Digital archaeology: new LEP data now available to all

    Digital archaeology: new LEP data now available to all

    Retrieving and preserving access to data from experiments that ran in the 90s is a complex task carried out by passionate experts in the IT department

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  • Computer Security: Don’t print naked

    Computer Security: Don’t print naked

    If you’re interested in what’s going on at CERN, in professional projects and plans, or in private problems and parties, hanging out at one of CERN’s printers is a very effective approach…

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  • Computer Security: Dear summer students, welcome!

    Computer Security: Dear summer students, welcome!

    A warm welcome to the summer-student class of 2024! In order to make your digital life as comfortable as possible, here are a few things you need to know

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  • Computer Security: Blind trust means money lost

    Computer Security: Blind trust means money lost

    This spring has seen two fraudulent transactions on the CERN Marketplace. In both cases, the fraudsters were advertising vacant apartments that they didn’t own

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  • Computer Security: The better generation

    Computer Security: The better generation

    To all those fine folks out there who are interested in computer security, thank you!

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  • Computer Security: WhiteHat & Zebra trainings are back

    Computer Security: WhiteHat & Zebra trainings are back

    Hand-in-hand with the Computer Security team, you, as an excellent software developer and experienced programmer, have followed the right courses to put in place a secure software programming and code development life-cycle…

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