Tag: Computer Security
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Computer Security: Swipes vs PINs vs passwords vs you
There are many different ways to unlock your smartphone: swiping patterns, PIN numbers, passwords, biometric fingerprints or face recognition. Some are more secure, some less so
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Computer Security: Day of the open firewall
With ongoing vulnerability scans of CERN’s internet presence, the Computer Security team’s plans to perform penetration testing against selected targets visible to the internet
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Computer Security: Bingo walk-through
Bravo to all those who participated in the Bull**** Bingo and sent us their solution. Some people were wondering why their responses were not correct… Good point, so let’s walk through that Bingo
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Computer Security: The hardship of three security paradigms
These paradigms “KISS ─ keep it simple, stupid” and “defence-in-depth” go hand in hand once we all jointly pick the right two of “cheap, convenient, secure”
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Computer Security: 300 computer security articles and counting
We begin the year by celebrating the 300th Bulletin article focusing on various computer-security-related topics
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Computer Security: Hits are coming closer
Until recently, universities had been attacked only very occasionally. But the last year has also seen major attacks against accelerators and telescopes
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Computer Security: Four gifts for your Christmas break
Just as physical threats don’t stop outside working hours, CERN’s annual closure won’t put a stop to cybersecurity attacks in the coming weeks
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Computer Security: Your six digits are yours
Sharing your six digits could negatively impact your private life, your work and the overall reputation and operations of the Organization
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Computer Security: Data Centre Nightmares
Computer security comes with clear mantras: “Defence-in-depth”, where security controls are applied at every level of the hardware and software stack, and “Keep it simple, stupid”, to avoid unnecessary complexity