Tag: Computer Security
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Computer Security: Animal or plant?
We have been informed that it’s not only computer mice that pose a threat to your digital well-being. No, trackpads do, too
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Computer Security: When auto-update is not so auto
With more and more random software installed on our laptops, tablets, smartphones and other devices, more and more security risks creep in
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Computer Security: What’s under the tree?
It’s time to review what Father Christmas and his elves, gnomes and reindeers, if you happen to believe in them, have put under the computer security tree
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Computer Security: Freemium paywalls
Lots of software are provided to CERN for free, and not just open-source software. But what do they actually mean when they say “free”?
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Computer Security: When your restaurant turns sour
It’s the beauty of software engineering to reuse programs/libraries/packages/VMs/containers developed by others – but this comes with a caveat
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Computer Security: Finally, bonbons for download
Now it’s up to you to better protect your files, folders, documents and data
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Computer Security: How to avoid being disturbed during your holidays
Be sure to store all your professional data in central locations
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Data privacy: emails = postcards
An easy way of reducing security risks with personal data is to use CERNBox, regardless of whether you’re sending data to recipients inside or outside CERN
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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?