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Proper security is increasingly important because of the increasing dependence on IT in education and research. SURF's ambition is to make institutions resilient against cybercriminals. Among other things, by helping them reach NBA maturity level 3.
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Success: hackers find 62 vulnerabilities

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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…

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What you need to know about... The Cybersecurity Act

The Cybersecurity Act is on its way. It is the Dutch implementation of the NIS2 Directive. But what exactly does this law entail? What are the consequences for our members, and will it bring any benefits?
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podcastopname met Albert Hankel (links op foto) en Niels Weijers (rechts op foto).

OZON 2025: what have we learned?

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…
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DigiTaal: cyber dictionary for education & research

The world of cybersecurity is teeming with technical terms and abbreviations. In education and research, there are several more on top of that. This Dutch cyber dictionary is intended for everyone in…
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KNAW uses SURF certificates via ACME for certificate management

"Renewing everything manually will soon become impossible to do"

A single expired TLS certificate can prevent thousands of students and researchers from accessing their data. That’s a mistake educational and research institutions cannot afford to make. The solution lies in automating IT processes. Two IT experts from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW-HuC) explain why they chose to automatically manage SSL certificates through SURF.
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Studenten, docenten en onderzoekers zijn gebaat bij een veilige online omgeving. Maar hoe pak je dat als instelling aan? Deze community is voor iedereen in onderwijs en onderzoek die kennis en ervaring wil delen en/of meer wil weten over zaken op het gebied van (cyber)security.
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