Tag: Computer Security
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Computer Security: Spam protection for phone calls
Unsolicited marketing and fraudulent calls are unfortunately very common nowadays. Although total protection is impossible, the CERN Telephony Service has implemented several mechanisms to reduce such annoying calls to all CERN telephone numbers
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Computer Security: Internet of Damn Insecure Stupid Things
Here are some examples of the Internet of Damn Insecure Stupid Things that were deployed (or intended to be) at CERN. Be prepared to shake your head
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Computer Security: TN v3.0
The worlds of IT and control systems have changed drastically thanks to virtualisation, containers, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, large language models… CERN needs to evolve towards Technical Network v3.0
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Computer Security: 5 ways to remotely connect to CERN
With the roll-out of 2-factor authentication for the CERN Single Sign-On now concluded, the next step required by the 2023 CERN cybersecurity audit is to streamline all methods for remotely connecting to CERN
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Computer Security: Allô? International response here
International collaboration and incident response is key. Because an incident in the Antipodes might directly affect the IT services at CERN. And has done so
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Computer Security: SecDevOps tips
It should be common knowledge among software developers that writing software with as few weaknesses, vulnerabilities and flaws as possible is the most cost-efficient solution
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Computer Security: ThisIsAVeryGoodPassword
Let’s give up the complexity rules (letters, symbols, numbers) and go for long passwords, i.e. “passphrases”, instead. Long but easy to remember
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Computer Security: The cost of compromise
Recently, the Computer Security Office reported on a cybersecurity incident at a remote Tier 2 site of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG)
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Computer Security: Store your data right
The Legal Service, the Computer Security team and stakeholders from the FAP and IT departments have produced a Data Handling Policy (DHP) setting out how all CERN professional data must be handled
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Computer Security: 2025 – Plugging holes
The Computer Security Office has been attempting to plug obvious holes in CERN’s computer security stance since well before the 2023 cybersecurity audit, and it will continue to do in 2025 and beyond