Knowledge of cybersecurity and privacy-conscious working practices is relatively strong amongst staff in education and research, but this has not yet led to consistently secure behaviour. In addition…
SURF and DFN, Germany’s National Research and Education Network, are now sharing optical spectrum across their cross-border fiber infrastructure. For SURF member institutions, this means more…
SURF has identified 14 high risks and one low risk in its Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) on Qualtrics DesignXM, a market research and experience design platform.
On 10 and 11 November 2026, Amare The Hague will be all about educational innovation. Meet over 900 colleagues, discover the latest digital developments and work together on solutions to the…
Researchers and research teams who make their research data Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR) can now be nominated for the Dutch Data Prize 2026. The prize puts excellent…
SURF and Privacy Company have jointly conducted an umbrella Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) on self-hosted Nextcloud Enterprise, open-source collaboration software. After negotiating an…
The Cybersecurity Act (Cbw) comes into force on 15 August 2026, but not yet for higher education. Why is that? In this article, you can read why it is taking longer for higher education institutions…
SURF has carried out a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) on AFAS’s Profit, an all-round HRM and payroll system. A DPIA is a tool for identifying privacy risks to data subjects, such as users.
Through the HOSAN project, SURF is collaborating with the government, research institutions, the media and civil society partners to develop high-quality, sovereign speech recognition for the Dutch…
