Tag: Computer Security
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Computer Security: Audited for the better
Summer 2023 was an intense season for CERN computer security…
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Computer Security: Security NIMBYs
If we want to protect CERN and to have a decent level of security, we cannot avoid deploying a certain set of computer security measures… and they all come with inconveniences
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Computer Security: Don’t print naked
If you’re interested in what’s going on at CERN, in professional projects and plans, or in private problems and parties, hanging out at one of CERN’s printers is a very effective approach…