The Call for Proposals for the SURF Onderwijsdagen 2026 is now open! On 10 and 11 November 2026, hundreds of colleagues will gather at Amare in The Hague to share knowledge, inspire one another and…
With the arrival of Pauline Satter, SURF’s board of directors is once again complete. Pauline is joining this week as the third member of the board. During her initial period, she will focus…
During HALON on 30 October, 28 ethical hacker teams went wild on the IT systems of 12 different education and research organisations. The 62 vulnerabilities found demonstrate the importance of this…
DDoS attacks, malware and phishing will continue to be the most significant cyber threats to education and research in 2025, according to the Cyber Threat Assessment 2025. This publication also notes…
To make the growing number of supercomputers, quantum sites, and AI factories in Europe more accessible to users, hyperconnectivity is essential: reliable connections with ultra-high bandwidth. The…
This time, the SURF Members’ Council meeting took place during the SURF Summit, the annual event for executives, coordinating SURF contacts (CSCs), and other stakeholders. Topics discussed included…
At the request of SURF members, the SURFsoc service is being expanded to include automatic intervention, enabling a faster and more collective response to cyber threats. A framework agreement for…
It is clear that practice pays off: with every exercise, organisations improve their crisis escalation processes. More than 90 organisations took part in this year’s sector-wide crisis exercise, OZON…
EuroHPC JU has awarded 70 million euros to build a European AI factory in Groningen. This AI factory will strengthen the innovation power of startups, SMEs and public organisations, help scientists…