By Clare Stonebridge, Network Security Services Manager, Jisc, 12 July 2021 There’s never a ‘good’ time to suffer a cyber attack, but there are certainly a few dates in the year when the financial and reputational effects of a website or email failure will be more damaging than others. One of those key periods is approaching […]
The Jisc Cloud team in conjunction with the Jisc Trust and Identity team has published a post highlighting a potential security risk associated with the default Azure Active Directory (AAD) security settings that are commonly in place across our membership. If your organisation uses AAD (or plans to use it), then please read this information […]
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Accessing ISO standards
Your institution may already have a subscription to British Standards Online (BSOL) which provides you with access to standards such as ISO 27001. If your institution does not have access, an agreement for access to BSOL is available through our License Subscriptions Manager.
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Securing Azure Virtual Desktop
The Jisc Cloud team has penned another security-related post that readers may be interested in: https://cloud.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2021/06/23/securing-azure-virtual-desktop/ In this post, Neil Sayer, Jisc’s Azure Solutions Architect, explains some of the ways that you can secure Azure Virtual Desktop deployments (or Windows Virtual Desktop as it used to be called). The post recommends the following points: * […]
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Remote access and Zero Trust
For those of you who aren’t also following Jisc’s Cloud Blog, you may not have seen a post from Richard Jackson (Jisc’s Lead Cloud Security Specialist) on Remote access and Zero Trust. The post at https://cloud.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2021/06/16/973/ delves into how organisations should handle remote access securely and contains useful advice that can help mitigate against some […]
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Top 10 tips for DNS Resilience
Andy Davis has been virtually touring the country recently providing advice and guidance to Heads of IT groups on DNS resilience, so I’ve asked him to share his top ten tips: (1) Keep your nameservers patched and running on supportable DNS platforms (OS and DNS application). (2) Review your Business Continuity Plans (BCP) – Do […]
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GEANT webinar on DDoS attacks
Between the 8th and 17th of February 2021 GEANT are running a series of webinars on DDoS attacks, including Introduction to DDoS attacks Details of specific attacks Detecting attacks Mitigating attacks Participation is free of charge to all NRENs and their constituents. The courses are aimed at network and system administrators, as well as security […]
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Cyber security awareness month
Have you spent the last few months wondering: How can I create a strong password? What is smishing? How could ransomware impact me? What are the signs of a phishing email? Well this year GÉANT joins the European Cyber Security month, an initiative launched by ENISA, EC DG CONNECT and a variety of partners to […]
Online services and remote access platforms have become common place, with more and more sensitive information being made accessible via these tools, it is more important than ever to protect these services from interception, manipulation and impersonation; the primary control in this space is ensuring only services intended for public use are exposed to the […]
Later this month GEANT will be running a series of five webinars which are open to all of Jisc’s members. These are particularly relevant to systems and network administrators, but may be of general interest to a wider audience. Web browsers Security & Privacy – secure surfing with less traces: 21/09/2020 Email Security & Privacy […]