Tag: Computer Security
Everyone using CERN’s IT infrastructure is responsible for the security and protection of the computers they use, the operating systems they run, the applications they install, the programs they write and the data they store, with the assistance of the IT Department and the Computer Security Team.
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Computer Security: Push & pain
With the demise and tighter regulation of cookies as a result of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), more and more websites are moving to alternative methods to get at your data
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Computer Security: Forwarding can spoil privacy
Have you ever considered the risks for your privacy when you send an email?
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Computer security: Room at the top
What do “Daniela.Wick@cern.ch”, “Kris.Avandal@cern.ch”, “Magnus.Fallbaum@cern.ch”, “Petra.Kosmanen@cern.ch”, “Ron.Waitmal@cern.ch” and “Stephanie.Porasky@cern.ch” have in common? No, they aren’t members of the personnel even if they pretend to have a CERN email address and their names sound similar to those of some of our colleagues in the CERN Computer Security team. No, they have no business with CERN at
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Computer Security: Banks and work
Over the past few months, the Computer Security team and the Identity and Account Management team have started to roll out two-factor authentication (2FA)
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Computer Security: Thank you, folks!
“Thank you, folks!” to all of you for helping us keep the Organization secure
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Computer Security: Dear summer students, welcome!
In order to make your digital life as comfortable as possible, there are a few things you need to know
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Computer Security: Permanent chess
Providing computer security for an organisation, company or university resembles playing a permanent game of chess
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Computer Security: Wrong link, wrong login, and BOOM
Clicking on a malicious link or attachment, or disclosing your password in reply to a malignant email or on a fake and nasty CERN Single Sign-On page, are two major attack vectors for the evil side to infiltrate CERN
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Computer Security: Catch me if you can
The Zebra Scientific Alliance has been compromised; hit hard by an attacker. Zebra’s IT experts and computer emergency response teams are on the prowl, trying to get to the bottom of the malicious deeds
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Computer Security: Spot the difference?
We have repeatedly published articles on “phishing” and the risks when browsing the web or opening emails. STOP – THINK – DON’T CLICK is still the mantra to follow