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Blog: Tag Archives: cybersecurity
CENIC’s Integrated, Multi-Tool Approach to Network Configuration Management
Categories RENS & NRENS Security Technology & Innovation
At the CENIC Biennial Conference, network engineers discussed Network Configuration Management (NCM) at CENIC – how and why it was implemented, the components that comprise it, how it’s used, and its potential for the future.
Get Your Cybersecurity Program Up and Running with the Trusted CI Framework
Learn about the Trusted CI Framework, developed by the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence and created to help your scientific research facility overcome the obstacles to standing up a cybersecurity program for its cyberinfrastructure.
CENIC Offering Mitigation Solutions for Volumetric Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Categories Security
CENIC is now offering its members protection from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which have the potential to prevent people from accessing online resources, and in the worst cases, to take institutions offline completely.
Network Engineers Collaborate in MANRS RPKI Deployment
Categories RENS & NRENS Pacific Wave
At a workshop in October, network engineers from CENIC member institutions engaged in technical, hands-on labs and now have the ability to assess their own environments for implementing guidelines for Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) and Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) technology. Another workshop will be held in March. Learn how your organization can get involved.
CENIC to Explore Adoption of MANRS Global Initiative to Improve Routing Security
Categories RENS & NRENS Pacific Wave
Network operators who take four simple steps to increase routing security will collectively help improve the global Internet’s core. CENIC will lead a collaborative pilot project to explore implementation of MANRS, promoted by the Internet Society. Learn how your organization can get involved.
Zero-Trust Networking Enhances Security in Research and Education Environments
Categories CCCs CSU Cultural & Scientific University of California K-12 Libraries Private Sector Independent Universities RENS & NRENS
Zero-trust networking may be uniquely capable of tackling the security issues confronted by R&E environments. Experts from Google, Netflix, the UC Office of the President, San Bernardino County schools, and the San Francisco Library weigh in on security challenges and solutions.
The Future of California’s Communications Grid
Categories RENS & NRENS
Through its work providing bandwidth to advanced research institutions as well as schools and libraries, CENIC is uniquely able to see the future of data networking technology and the rapidly increasing demand for capacity. Recognizing this, the California Public Utilities Commission included CENIC at the table to discuss the future of California’s communications grid.
Protecting Schools from Cyberattacks: CENIC Conducts Successful DDoS Mitigation Pilot
Categories K-12
CENIC and the K-12 High Speed Network are working together to protect California schools from cyber attacks, threats that have compromised confidential student information, interrupted statewide scholastic testing, and prevented faculty and students from accessing important educational materials online.
Automated Networks at the Service Edge
Categories Private Sector
Automation is revolutionizing industries across the globe, and networking is no exception. Read Kireeti Kompella's perspective on the benefits of an automated network, from enhanced security to higher level engineering.
Cybersecurity: New Directions for Research and Education Networks
Categories RENS & NRENS
A panel of national experts in online security was convened during CENIC’s 2017 annual conference focused on sorting through the various models of securing what was widely recognized as “insecurable” by those in attendance.