Only the curious click the link – and put their digital assets at risk

In the physical world, we apply many safety measures automatically and repeatedly. How come we are more relaxed in the virtual world?

Showcasing female computer programmers from CERN and Fermilab to mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

The beginning of the year has been dominated by two security vulnerabilities, known as Meltdown and Spectre

CERN’s OpenStack service provides you with enormous computing and storage resources to achieve your professional goals

In October 2017 the CERN data centre broke its own record for data storage when it collected 12.3 petabytes of data over a single month

Software of high quality that is well programmed, with best-practice security principles in mind, is harder to exploit

Would you be interested in working on an advanced IT project for two months during the summer? Apply to the CERN openlab Summer Student Programme

If you also want to become a penetration tester and identify potential areas for improving CERN’s computer security sign up to the WhiteHat Challenge

The competition featured students working on exciting challenges within both high-energy physics and other research domains