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Computer Security: Pay per vulnerability

The Computer Security team decided to engage with ethical hackers and launched a three (and a half) staged approach towards improving the security of CERN’s Internet presence and beyond

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Computing
24 April, 2024
Computing
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24 April, 2024

IT: interactions, innovations, impact

In the logical sequence from collisions to a scientific breakthrough, computing comes last. But definitely not least

Opinion
Computing
17 April, 2024
Computing
Opinion
17 April, 2024

CERN donates computing equipment to South Africa

On 9 April 2024, a ceremony at CERN marked the donation of computing equipment to the Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa

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Computing
16 April, 2024

The next-generation triggers for CERN detectors

The recently launched Next-Generation Triggers project is set to remarkably increase the efficiency, sensitivity and modelling of CERN experiments

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Computing
11 April, 2024

Computer Security: Swipes vs PINs vs passwords vs you

There are many different ways to unlock your smartphone: swiping patterns, PIN numbers, passwords, biometric fingerprints or face recognition. Some are more secure, some less so

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Computing
09 April, 2024

World Wide Web at 35

From Tim Berners-Lee’s first proposal in March 1989 to today, the World Wide Web’s impact on society has been profound

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Computing
27 March, 2024
Computing
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27 March, 2024

Computer Security: Day of the open firewall

With ongoing vulnerability scans of CERN’s internet presence, the Computer Security team’s plans to perform penetration testing against selected targets visible to the internet

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Computing
25 March, 2024
Computing
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25 March, 2024

CERN rewarded for its contributions to cloud computing

The award recognises CERN’s innovative use of cloud native technologies to address future scientific and operational challenges

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Computing
21 March, 2024

CERN ticketing system introduces automated retention – closed tickets may be deleted

Soon, when your ticket has been resolved, it will include information on when the ticket will be deleted from the system

Announcement
Computing
14 March, 2024
Computing
Announcement
14 March, 2024

Farewell to the Alcatel phone exchange

Following the migration to software-based phones, CERN phones are now fully virtual and the Alcatel phone exchange has been disconnected

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Computing
12 March, 2024
Computing
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12 March, 2024