Computer Security: Presenting images that are not yours…
Computer Security: Presenting images that are not yours…The Computer Security TeamanschaefTue, 08/11/2020 - 11:32Conference season is coming up again – maybe in a different setting to what we are used...
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Computer Security: Password revolutionsThe Computer Security TeamanschaefTue, 09/01/2020 - 11:21With the new Single Sign-On portal (“New CERN Single Sign-On (SSO) Portal”) and the upcoming deployment...
View ArticleCERN and the LHC experiments’ computing resources in the global research...
CERN and the LHC experiments’ computing resources in the global research effort against COVID-19achintyaWed, 09/02/2020 - 10:03CERN is the hub of vast global computing resources and collaborations,...
View ArticleComputer Security: Digital stolen goods of CERN?
Computer Security: Digital stolen goods of CERN?The Computer Security TeamanschaefWed, 09/09/2020 - 11:19Have you ever had your purse or wallet stolen? Or your laptop? Your smartphone? Did someone...
View ArticleInverted CERN School of Computing: 28 September – 2 October
Inverted CERN School of Computing: 28 September – 2 OctoberSebastian LopienskithortalaMon, 09/14/2020 - 16:43The 13th “Inverted” CERN School of Computing (iCSC 2020) will take place as an online event...
View Article25 years ago: the strategic move to PCs in high-energy physics
25 years ago: the strategic move to PCs in high-energy physicsthortalaTue, 09/22/2020 - 11:57When the Large Electron-Positron Collider (LEP), the LHC’s predecessor, began running in 1989 the central...
View ArticleCERN-GÉANT-PRACE-SKAO kick-off workshop on High Performance Computing 29...
CERN-GÉANT-PRACE-SKAO kick-off workshop on High Performance Computing 29 SeptemberthortalaTue, 09/22/2020 - 14:22As a follow-up on the collaboration agreement that was signed on 22th July, the kick-off...
View ArticleCERN meets quantum technology
CERN meets quantum technologyMatthew ChalmersanschaefMon, 09/28/2020 - 12:14Today’s information and communication technology grew out of the invention and development of quantum mechanics during the...
View ArticleComputer Security: Insist to avoid troubles
Computer Security: Insist to avoid troublesThe Computer Security TeamanschaefTue, 09/29/2020 - 14:08Recently, CERN was facing again an allegation of a potential abuse of the license conditions of a...
View ArticleCERN data storage gets ready for Run 3
CERN data storage gets ready for Run 3thortalaWed, 09/30/2020 - 10:35On 29 June, the CERN Tape Archive (CTA) officially entered production after 83 petabytes of ATLAS data initially stored in CASTOR...
View ArticleCERN campus network upgrade: occasional wired internet connection...
CERN campus network upgrade: occasional wired internet connection interruptions to be expected in the coming monthsIT DepartmentthortalaTue, 09/29/2020 - 14:23The infrastructure that supports the wired...
View ArticleComputer Security: From the digital trenches
Computer Security: From the digital trenchesThe Computer Security TeamanschaefTue, 10/13/2020 - 14:50During a recent audit of CERN’s computer security, the question was raised of how many attacks CERN...
View ArticleComputer Security: A new departmental car service
Computer Security: A new departmental car serviceThe Computer Security TeamanschaefTue, 10/27/2020 - 10:39…with the cars painted in the favorite colour of the corresponding department head; an...
View ArticleOnline introductory lectures on quantum computing from 6 November
Online introductory lectures on quantum computing from 6 November thortalaMon, 11/02/2020 - 17:24A series of weekly lectures on the basics of quantum computing will be broadcast via webcast starting 6...
View ArticleComputer Security: Telecompromised
Computer Security: TelecompromisedThe Computer Security TeamanschaefMon, 11/09/2020 - 11:49The number one vector for getting your computer compromised, your password disclosed, your data exposed and...
View ArticleApplications open for 2021 CERN openlab Summer Student Programme
Applications open for 2021 CERN openlab Summer Student ProgrammeAndrew PurcellthortalaFri, 11/20/2020 - 10:21Are you a bachelor's or master's student in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or...
View ArticleATLAS releases open software used to filter LHC collisions
ATLAS releases open software used to filter LHC collisionsMariana VelhoKatarina AnthonyachintyaFri, 11/20/2020 - 16:49 (Image: CERN)Collisions among proton bunches occur inside the ATLAS experiment at...
View ArticleComputer Security: Scanning for problems
Computer Security: Scanning for problemsThe Computer Security TeamanschaefTue, 11/24/2020 - 11:13Keeping your digital house in order is sometimes very difficult. And it’s even more difficult when...
View ArticleComputer Security: CERN’s new first line of defence
Computer Security: CERN’s new first line of defenceThe Computer Security TeamanschaefFri, 12/04/2020 - 10:24Christmas has come early this year for the Computer Security team and the Communication and...
View ArticleComputer Security: CEO fraud
Computer Security: CEO fraudThe Computer Security TeamanschaefFri, 01/08/2021 - 11:54Have you ever heard of “CEO fraud”? It is a social engineering method to extract money from a company, playing on...
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