Elections for the TF-CSIRT Steering Committee
We are happy that Sven Gabriel, the EGI Security Officer, has been re-elected as a member of the Steering Committee of TF-CSIRT. TF-CSIRT plays a crucial role in building trust among security teams in Europe and worldwide, which is essential to establish and maintain...
GÉANT learning: Client Privacy and Security
Earlier this year, GÉANT created an “Operational network security” training programme for its members. In September the second sub-module took place entitled Client Privacy and Security. The module consisted of the following webinars: Web browsers Security and...
Third EGI-CSIRT F2F meeting in 2020 will be held in Amsterdam
The next EGI CSIRT F2F meeting will take place at the beginning of September at Nikhef, Amsterdam, with significant remote participation. It will be held in conjunction with the 50th EUGridPMA and EOSC-hub ISM meetings; discussions at these meetings will cover a range...
GÉANT learning: Operating system privacy and security
GÉANT created the “Operational network security” training programme for its members. The first out of 4 submodules with 5 sessions, entitled Operating system privacy and security, took place from 3rd to 13th of August. The session on Authentication methods – how to...
EGI CSIRT remote meeting
The second EGI CSIRT F2F meeting in 2020 took place remotely in June and July. The first day was dedicated to joint policy activities for EGI, EUDAT, WLCG, UK IRIS and AARC community with an emphasis on combined community security policy and data protection policy....
Security incidents on multiple HPC sites
It's come to our attention that multiple supercomputers and other compute facilities across Europe have been targeted by malicious actors, in some instances affected by cryptocurrency mining malware. The EGI Federation and its supporting organisations deeply care...
