By Maria Sole Scollo, IT security expert at Consortium GARR On an ordinary beach in an ordinary country, an ordinary girl is lying in the sun and enjoying her...
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By Panayota Smyrli, Cyber Security Analyst at CYNET-CSIRT and Stephanos Andreou, Security Analyst Let’s explore the most common types of social engineering...
By Louise O’ Sullivan, ICT Security Services Manager at HEAnet; Ireland’s National Education and Research Network In May 2021, Ireland was...
By Stephen Lovell, GÉANT Cybercrime is on the increase. But what is cybercrime? “Ordinary people” may think of cybercrime as something related to their...
Security awareness is all about training and educating users. Strengthening the so-called ‘human firewall’ is a very powerful tool in the fight against...
The European Cyber Security Month is approaching fast. On 1 October we will kick-off our “Cyber Hero @ Home” campaign! This year the programme will focus on...
7 October 2021 – 15:00-16:00 CEST Words: Charl van der Walt, Head of Security Research – Orange Cyberdefense Ransomware is modern piracy. Where it...
5 October 2021 | online A mature approach to information technology requires a basic understanding of its possibilities and the processes behind it. Most...
21 September 2021, 13:00-14:30 CET This informal meeting is designed as a space to share and discuss the biggest every day challenges in privacy and security...
We are excited to announce our new programme of webinars for the Cybersecurity Month 2021 (CSM2021) initiative that will take place throughout October. This...
8 September 2021, 13:00-14:30 CEST The EU has announced new legislation under the title of EU Security Union. There are a number of reasons for this...
October 2021 will be Cyber Security Month. Also this year GÉANT will launch a campaign to raise cybersecurity awareness within the R&E community. After the...
With online commerce on a steep rise, the potential for luring customers through false online shops is also growing. Now, however, Switzerland’s national...
Security Day 2021 took place online on Monday 14 June, launching the series of TNC21 side meetings! Around 85 attendees joined a full day of discussions...
24 February 2021, 13:00-14:30 CET This informal meeting is designed as a space to share and discuss the biggest every day challenges tackled by the GÉANT...
CONNECT meets Alf Moens, Security Lead for GÉANT to talk about the European Commission’s revised Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS2...
Become A Cyber Hero, the first pan-European campaign organised by the GÉANT community, as part of the European Cyber Security Month 2020 activities, closed...
During Cyber Security Month 2020 CONNECT met Henry Hughes, Security Director for Jisc to talk about opportunities and challenges faced by Research &...
By Jon Hunt, cyber services delivery manager at Jisc Criminals always find a way to take advantage of disasters. In the case of COVID-19, there has been...
Cyber-attacks were a key feature of the 2008 Russo-Georgian war; they affected websites of news agencies, the Georgian President and were implicated in the...