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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.

  • Your Google Workspace safely managed at CERN

    Your Google Workspace safely managed at CERN Written by: IT department — Many people at CERN use Google Docs for work-related activities. To provide a safe environment and avoid issues relating to data storage and ownership, CERN has purchased Google Workspace subscriptions. Thanks to this, it will now be possible to access CERN Google Docs,

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  • Computer Security: 300 computer security articles and counting

    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

    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

    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

    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: 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

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  • Computer Security: Click’n’Boom

    Computer Security: Click’n’Boom

    This summer, the IT department’s identity management team, the mail team and the Computer Security Team rolled out additional measures to protect your account and your mailbox

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  • Computer Security: Avoiding salmonella in your code

    Computer Security: Avoiding salmonella in your code

    Writing quality software is like preparing an amazing meal for your friends. Quality ingredients. Established utensils. A clean kitchen (at least initially). And regular tasting to avoid giving your friends a disappointment (or salmonella). The same thing applies to coding. Choosing a suitable programming language. Using established software and version management tools. Preparing clean and

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  • Computer Security: I know what you did last summer

    Computer Security: I know what you did last summer

    Just in time for the end of the holiday season and with reference to a famous film of the 90s, we set out to study where you’ve been and what you did this (last) summer… without infringing on your privacy as you’re actually already publishing this information freely. Or, rather, your smartphone is. As discussed

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  • Computer Security: Don’t get socially engineered

    Computer Security: Don’t get socially engineered

    “Social engineering” is the art of manipulating you to perform actions you would not normally perform

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