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Computer Security: A security balancing act

CERN must be protected against any kind of successful large-scale attack, while maintaining a balance between security, academic freedom and the use of accelerators and experiments

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05 December, 2024
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05 December, 2024

Computer Security: Free croissants for everyone

We strongly encourage everyone to lock their computer with a password-protected screen lock when leaving the device unattended

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26 November, 2024

Computer Security: Security Rules revised

All owners of computing resources connected to or provided to them by CERN’s computing facilities are ultimately responsible for the compliance of their actions and their resources with these Rules

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11 November, 2024
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11 November, 2024

Computer Security: 2FA – 2 Fine Astuces

To make your life under 2FA a bit easier, however, here are 2 Fine Astuces (tips) to improve 2FA usability

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31 October, 2024
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31 October, 2024

CERN teams up with Luxembourg and the World Food Programme to tackle global hunger

The new partnership aims to leverage state-of-the-art AI technology to speed up progress towards a world with zero hunger

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15 October, 2024

Computer Security: Bug Bounty begins

The Bug Bounty programme, or how to create the necessary incentives to invite hackers to start hacking CERN…

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15 October, 2024
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15 October, 2024

Computer Security: Happy Birthday, Virus!

35 years ago, on 9 October 1989, the CERN Computer Security team issued for the first time a “Computer Virus Warning to all users of IBM Compatible PCs”

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02 October, 2024
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02 October, 2024

Computer Security: AI attacks

While AI – coming with its own computer security problems – might make daily life easier, it will also open up a new series of attack vectors

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17 September, 2024
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17 September, 2024

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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04 September, 2024
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04 September, 2024

Computer security: security workouts

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

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30 August, 2024
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30 August, 2024