Developing security expertise and excellence within the NREN community SIG-ISM offers CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers) of national research and education network (NREN) organisations the opportunity to share best practices and learn from each others’ experience, to safeguard their NREN against security incidents and threats. The CISO role has become increasingly important as organisations become almost totally reliant on IT information systems. As the role of NRENs expands and...
GÉANT Security Community
GÉANT Security Community
Security is a community affair.
Only by sharing expertise, experiences and best practice in a safe, supportive environment can teams secure their services and users.
GÉANT works with security communities around the world to support research and education services and users.
Coordinating training, services and knowledge-exchange for security teams worldwide The Task Force on Computer Security Incident Response Teams, TF-CSIRT, provides a forum where members of the CSIRT community from the research and education networking community and other sectors, such as defence and law enforcement agencies, from around the world, exchange experiences and knowledge in a trusted environment in order to improve cooperation and coordination. Computer security incidents require...
Real security on the internet can only be realised within a broader context of trust and respect. Collaboration is the key to successful information security. What is the WISE mission? The WISE community enhances best practice in information security for IT infrastructures for research. How does WISE operate to fulfill its mission? WISE fosters a collaborative community of security experts and builds trust between IT infrastructures, i.e. all the various types of distributed computing, data...
Community News
October 2021 was Cyber Security Month. Also this year GÉANT launched a campaign to raise cybersecurity awareness within the R&E community. After the success of “Become a Cyber Hero” CSM2020, which saw the active participation of 20 NREN organisations from Europe and beyond, we are delighted to inform you that Cyber Heroes returned bigger and better in October 2021! Working from home safely Due to the pandemic outbreak working from home has become commonplace for many organisations in the...
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, workshops and briefings on the latest security developments for Research & Education. The main objective of the one-day event was to share progress and achievements, look at new ways for the GÉANT community to collaborate in the future and resource-sharing. A productive day All participants agreed that the day was stimulating and content...
Ransomware attacks on Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the world have been increasing recently and for some colleges and universities, this has been devastating. Recently some HEAnet members were victims of such attacks. Colleges and universities handle large amounts of data such as personal information on staff and students, including information like names, birth dates, contact details, as well as financial records. Additionally, they manage sensitive research data, patents, or...
In times when cybercrime keeps evolving and cyber criminals show increased levels of sophistication and opportunism, cybersecurity awareness remains a key and vital factor in the fight against this very contemporary plight. Last year’s Cyber Security Month 2020 (CSM20) campaign, ‘Become a Cyber Hero‘, was very well-received and supported by the international NREN community. The campaign was co-created and managed by an international cross-NREN team with invaluable input and...
HEAnet is committed to continuously improve internet security and protect its clients. The latest improvement is the usage of RPKI-based BGP route origin validation on its IP network identified as AS1213. The recent Safer Internet Day was a good opportunity to reflect on what is our contribution to making the internet a better, safer place. HEAnet recognised that in the current times we all hugely depend on reliable and safe internet connections which is why it has become crucial to increase...