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Computer Security: Serious gaming… for your own good
“Serious gaming” is the gamification of training for professional purposes. When you play a serious game, you are actually also improving your knowledge on a particular subject
Migrating to open-source technologies
Taking back control using open software
A new blog to get updates on your computing environment
Check the CERN Computing Blog to get frequent news and updates about your computing environment
Computer Security: Software Bugs: What if?
Do you know what drugs and proprietary software have in common? You bear the consequences if the product you buy is of mediocre quality
Computer Security: Go clever! Go central!
Running your own computing hardware, installation stack, (web) applications, databases, etc., is just not cost effective and usually you won’t be able to commit the required attention to keeping those systems sufficiently secure
ALICE and LHCb upgrade their data centres
In autumn 2018 and spring 2019, new data-centre modules were installed and commissioned at the ALICE and LHCb sites (points 2 and 8 of the LHC)
Donation of CERN computing equipment to Palestine
Donation of servers to An-Najah National University in Palestine marks the fifteenth donation of CERN computing equipment
Computer Security: Browsing securely and privately
Browsing to the wrong webpage is the second major way of getting your laptop, your account and your data compromised
Computer Security vs Academic Freedom
The mandate of the CERN Computer Security Team is simple: to protect the reputation and operations of the Organization from cyber risks. But this simple sentence can quickly become complex: what is the risk?