Podcasts
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What you need to know about… the Digital Omnibus legislation
The European Union is working on the Digital Omnibus, a package of new rules designed to overhaul existing digital legislation in one go. The aim is to reduce the regulatory burden and strengthen Europe’s competitiveness. However, the Digital Omnibus also has significant implications for the GDPR, our online privacy and even our fundamental rights.
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Special Cybersteering episode 3 The danger of our behaviour
72% of all hacks at educational institutions are related to human behaviour. Time for behavioural change, right? Or is it not as easy as it seems? -
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Special Cybersteering episode 2: Dark clouds
Why five years ago did a large group of cyber security scientists write a fire letter to all educational institutions entitled: Cloud: think before you start? And what do you do as an administrator when you receive a phone call on Sunday afternoon saying you have been hacked?
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In this series, we look for answers to the questions: where the Netherlands stands, what it looks like when things go wrong, how to get the right information, how to motivate people and how to make the right choices
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What you need to know about... GPT-NL
The American ChatGPT had great impact upon release. Now TNO, the Netherlands Forensic Institute and SURF are working on a Dutch language model; GPT-NL. Why that is badly needed and how we are approaching it tells Thomas van Osch, machine learning advisor at SURF. -
What you need to know about... hype navigation
Hype always seems to come out of nowhere. Blockchain, AI: suddenly it's there, and seems to be everywhere. But is this actually the case? -
What you need to know about... supercomputing
Supercomputing is indispensable in much research in the Netherlands. Why actually? What does the national supercomputer Snellius bring to our scientists? And why should we not run after Big Tech in the race to the fastest supercomputer? -
What you need to know about... purple teaming
SURF conducted a purple team exercise in late 2023 to test SURFconext's ability to withstand an attack by hackers. How did this go, what was the result, and how can you as an institution deal with it yourself? -
What you need to know about... open source
Proponents have long agreed. Open source applications are the future for maintaining freedom and control in a digital world. But what exactly is it? And why is it so important?