“What is the collective noun for such an enormous grouping of TV cameras?” That is the first thought that came to mind as I turned the corner and found the USA news teams between me and the Westin Hotel, Alexandria VA, where the 2018 NSF Cybersecurity Summit was to be held. As I crossed the Read more about The WISE Community makes good progress while USA news teams are gathered outside[…]
The WISE Community braved a surprisingly frosty British February to meet at Cosener’s House in Abingdon, kindly hosted by STFC-RAL. In addition to community presentations, the group made good progress on understanding the next evolution for SCI – developing a reusable policy pack for research infrastructures. This work will continue jointly between the AARC Project Read more about WISE sets its Mission in Abingdon[…]
Change is in the air for WISE as Spring approaches! Hannah Short (CERN) is leaving her role of WISE Steering Committee Chair and David Kelsey (STFC-RAL) will be taking the reigns. “As of the 6th WISE Workshop, I will be stepping down in my role as WISE Steering Committee Chair. It has been a fantastic Read more about A New WISE Chair for Spring[…]
WISE Community Workshop 26-28 Feb 2018 Hosted by STFC-RAL at Coseners House, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 3JD, United Kingdom. We will start at 09:00 on Monday 26th Feb and end at 12:30 on Wednesday 28th Feb (with lunch after that). The logistics regarding accommodation and registration fee are available on the WISE Wiki. If you want to Read more about WISE @ STFC[…]
This August, WISE was warmly welcomed to the NSF Cybersecurity Summit 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Many thanks to our hosts for facilitating a hugely useful and productive workshop! Doug Pearson from REN-ISAC kicked off the day with an interactive presentation of the pDNS Data Sharing project, aiming to pool anonymised passive DNS logs for the Read more about WISE Feedback Gathered at the NSF Summit[…]
An overview of Research and Education International Security Communities Alf Moens (SURFnet) & Sigita Jurkynaitė (GÉANT) Security has been sitting in the background of the Research and Education show for too long – it is now coming out to take a leading role and is becoming ‘the new black’ of the community. It is equally present Read more about Security is ‘the new black’ of the R&E community […]
WISE will be running a full day event at the NSF Summit this summer. Join us on August 15th, in Arlington, US! We look forward to welcoming colleagues from North America and around the world as we get our hands dirty with interactive activities including: Software Assurance Assessment: All you will need is your laptop as Read more about WISE@NSF Summit[…]
As well as being the Co-Chair of WISE’s RAW Working group, Bart Bosma of SURFnet is instrumental in identifying the current risks to our community. The Cyber Threat Assessment for 2016, authored by Bart and presented at TNC17, identifies the key threats over the past year for education, research and business. An English version has recently been made Read more about Learning from SURF’s Cyber Threat Assessment ’16[…]
The WISE RAW WG (Risk Assessment Working Group) has published an easy to use risk management template with instructions for infrastructures and sites. The template is based on best practices shared by the participating infrastructures. The template is published with CC-BY license and can be downloaded from the WISE Wiki. The template will be tested during the next WISE event, a full day Read more about WISE Releases Risk Management Template[…]
During the TNC17 conference, the WISE chair Hannah Short was awarded with the valued GÉANT 2017 Community Award. As a relative newcomer to the community, she has contributed to a significant security development with her work to develop Security Incident Response Trust Framework for Federated Identity (Sirtfi) within REFEDS and the AARC project. Sirtfi enables Read more about WISE Chair Hannah Short receives GÉANT 2017 Community Award[…]