Computer Security

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.

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Computer Security: summer students, hold on a minute

2017’s summer students, welcome to CERN! Here is a small plea from the CERN Computer Security team to you and your supervisor

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03 July, 2017

Computer security: transparency for your privacy

The Computer Security Team publishes its Digital Privacy Statement

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19 June, 2017

Computer Security: improve your code with Gitlab CI

For the sake of software quality, the IT department provides you and your clients with a few simple tools to save precious time and cerebral pain

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06 June, 2017

Comp. Security: “WannaCry”? The importance of being patched

Mid-May has seen a big weekend for the cyber-threat landscape, as "WannaCry" came onto the scene with a bang

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19 May, 2017

Computer Security: an attack for more security

Computer security is a moving target and defensive measures need continual adaptations and adjustments

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06 May, 2017

Computer Security: The Higgs does not... send mail!

“The Higgs boson does not exist!” stated an e-mail recently sent to many of our colleagues...

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24 April, 2017

Computer Security: One click and BOOM… (Reloaded)

Browsing the World Wide Web is not as easy as it seems…

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10 April, 2017

Computer Security: Stepping Up in User Education

We would now like to step up a level and introduce haptic feedback for unsecure user actions

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28 March, 2017

Computer Security: Music, Videos and the Risk for CERN

If you want to listen to music or watch movies at CERN, make sure that you own the proper rights to do so

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13 March, 2017

Computer Security: Offensive Public Browsing

If you happen to use one of CERN’s public PCs, please stick to the rules

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25 February, 2017
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25 February, 2017

Computer Security: protect your click

Malicious PDFs, links or URLs embedded in websites can take advantage of the inherent vulnerabilities in your operating system

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13 February, 2017
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13 February, 2017

Computer Security: IoTs: The Treasure trove of CERN

The Internet-of-Things is known to be unsecure, unprotected and full of vulnerabilities

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26 January, 2017