Last March, the Dutch NREN @SURF organised the 4th edition of the cyber crisis exercise #OZON 🕵♀️
72 orgs and 2,000+ people joined from #education, #research & #healthcare! 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/07/05/surfs-cyber-crisis-exercise-ozon-dozens-of-zero-days-and-insider-threats
📖 Also featured in the latest GÉANT CONNECT Magazine, #CONNECT43 👉 https://connect.geant.org/connect43
Do you work for an NREN & are keen to participate in a cyber crisis exercise? Register for CLAW 2023, the #CrisisManagement exercise for the NREN Community. 5-6 December, Poznań 👉 https://security.geant.org/claw-2023/
SURF’s cyber crisis exercise OZON: dozens of zero-days and insider threats | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Words: Yvonne Klaassen, SURF At the end of March 2023, SURF organised the sector-wide cyber crisis exercise OZON for the fourth time. This edition was by far the largest, with 72 organisations and over 2,000 people taking part. Ever since 2016, SURF’s members practice biennially how to respond skillfully to realistic cyber crises. “The biggest
Kristiaan De Greve is Programme Director of #QuantumComputing at #imec, Associate Professor at #KULeuven and visiting researcher at #Harvard University.
The Belgian NREN #Belnet spoke to him about #QuantumKeyDistribution and the focus of the #BeQCI project. 👉https://connect.geant.org/2023/07/03/interview-with-kristiaan-de-greve-imec-expert-in-quantum-computing
The article is also featured in the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine, #CONNECT43 👉https://connect.geant.org/connect43
#Quantum #QKD #cryptography
Interview with Kristiaan De Greve (IMEC), expert in quantum computing | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Kristiaan De Greve is Programme Director of quantum computing at IMEC, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering Science at KU Leuven and visiting researcher at Harvard University. He obtained his engineering degree in electrical engineering from KU Leuven and earned his PhD on quantum bits and quantum repeaters at Stanford University. His scientific interests
In today’s complex world, successful project implementation and external engagements are key for #NRENs to achieve their objectives.
Our Advocacy and Engagement Manager, Nicky Wako, examines why developing concrete internal #policies is important.
👉 Read the full article: https://connect.geant.org/2023/07/03/developing-and-implementing-internal-policies-in-support-of-project-implementation-and-external-engagement-objectives
🔎 Featured on #CONNECT43, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect43
#partnership #africaconnect3 #engagement #policy #trust #projects
Developing and Implementing Internal Policies in Support of Project Implementation and External Engagement Objectives | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Words: Nicky Wako, GÉANT In today’s complex business environment, successful project implementation and external engagements are essential for National Research and Education Networks to achieve their objectives. These initiatives present opportunities and obstacles, necessitating a well-defined framework to guide employees and stakeholders towards a shared vision. Here, the formulation and execution of internal policies play
A new #subsea circuit from Galway to Reykjavik is the new connection for clients of the Irish NREN #HEAnet to connect to the Nordic #Research & #Education #Network, @nordunet 🙌
This will allow for the new weather forecasting modelling of the Irish Meteorological Service Met Éireann to be performed at a #HPC centre in Reykjavik! 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/28/heanet-clients-and-met-eireann-benefit-with-new-direct-connection-to-iceland-via-nordunet
Also featured on #CONNECT43, the latest CONNECT Magazine 📖 https://connect.geant.org/connect43
#supercomputing #meteorology #Ireland #LUMIsupercomputer
HEAnet clients and Met Éireann benefit with new direct connection to Iceland via NORDUnet | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Words: Sharon Moylan, HEAnet A new subsea circuit from Galway, Ireland to Reykjavik, Iceland is providing a new connection for HEAnet clients to connect to the Nordic Research and Education Network, NORDUnet. While this new connection will benefit all HEAnet clients, a significant first case features Met Éireann, whose new weather forecasting modelling will be
🤳 The #Internet #Brasil Program aims to bring #connectivity and digital inclusion to #students and low-income families through the free distribution of cell phone chips and data packages.
👏 There are 17 participating schools in the Northeast of the country and 5,775 chips have been already activated!
👉 Read more about this initiative from the Brazilian NREN RNP https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/28/internet-brasil-program-promotes-digital-inclusion-of-low-income-children-with-free-distribution-of-cell-phone-chips-with-internet-access
📖 featured on #CONNECT43 https://connect.geant.org/connect43
#technology #education #Brazil #schools #DigitalInclusion
Internet Brasil Program promotes digital inclusion of low-income children with free distribution of cell phone chips with internet access | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Words: Fabio Falcão Cazes, RNP The importance of digital transformation in schools across Brazil has become even more evident with the COVID-19 pandemic. In a country with so many social and regional disparities, Internet access is still a distant reality for many municipalities. With the aim of reducing this distance, the country's government created the
CONNECT Interview: Juha Oinonen, director of FUNET at CSC | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Juha Oinonen is the new director of the Finnish Research and Education Network FUNET at CSC and a newly appointed member of the GÉANT General Assembly (GA). We spoke with him about his new role and about CSC’s plans for the future. Juha, tell us more about yourself and about your career at CSC/FUNET My
In #CONNECT43, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine, Ezri Carlebach, writer & lifelong #ScienceFiction fan, tells us why - in the current hype about #AI developments - we should pay attention to #SciFi (or ‘SF’ for connoisseurs), especially to its ability to stimulate #innovation 🤖
Read the article 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/26/the-value-of-science-fiction-as-a-tool-for-stimulating-innovation
Full magazine 👉 https://connect.geant.org/connect43
The value of science fiction as a tool for stimulating innovation | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Words: Ezri Carlebach, Guest Contributor. Individual works of science fiction and trends within its wider development are having a growing impact, particularly through diverse and non-Western works which upend the genre’s technocratic image. But it’s not all spaceships and aliens, as writer and lifelong science fiction fan Ezri Carlebach explains. Every year at the Christmas
🔐 About our recent #security restructure - what is it and what are the implications for our community?
We spoke to Ana Alves, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Data Protection Officer (DPO) at #GÉANT 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/27/connect-interview-ana-alves-ciso-geant
The interview is also featured on #CONNECT43, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine 👉 https://connect.geant.org/connect43
#CyberSecurity #CISO #DPO #DataProtection #Privacy
CONNECT Interview: Ana Alves, CISO, GÉANT | GÉANT CONNECT Online
Spotlight on Security Ana Alves, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Data Protection Officer (DPO) for GÉANT, talks to CONNECT about the role and the responsibilities of a CISO, a relatively new leadership position for GÉANT, about her involvement in the organisation’s security restructure, and its significance for the GÉANT community. Ana, GÉANT recently announced
The clock is ticking - we only have 7 years left to attain #SustainableDevelopmentGoals (SDGs); and the interests of decision-makers and funding organisations have heightened.
How is your organisations contributing to the #SDGs?
Find out how the African #Research and #Education Networks are doing it
👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/26/making-the-world-a-better-place-how-african-rens-are-contributing-to-sdgs
This article is also featured on #CONNECT43, the latest @geant CONNECT magazine, 📖 https://connect.geant.org/connect43
#NRENs #UNSDGs #Africa #SustainableDevelopment
MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE: How African RENs are Contributing to SDGs | GÉANT CONNECT Online
In 2015, the World agreed on a common direction: create a better and more sustainable world, through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 193 countries, meeting at the UN General Assembly, agreed to make the world a better place by 2030. The SDGs have since become a benchmark for measuring the efforts of countries and organisations
The new EU-funded project #SUBMERSE started in May 2023!
It aims to use existing submarine cables from the #research and #education community to monitor the Earth and its systems.
Hence:
🌊 it avoids the need for extra hardware under the sea
🌿 it improves the return on investment by widening its use
More on https://connect.geant.org/2023/06/21/innovative-submerse-project-to-leverage-existing-subsea-infrastructure-for-new-fields-of-research
The article is also featured on #CONNECT43 👉 https://connect.geant.org/connect43
#innovation #infrastructure #submarinecables #science #technology #sensors #oceanography
Innovative SUBMERSE project to leverage existing subsea infrastructure for new fields of research | GÉANT CONNECT Online
May 2023 marks the start of a new EU-funded project, SUBMERSE (SUBMarine cablEs for ReSearch and Exploration), which aims to utilise existing submarine cables already used by the research and education networking community, to monitor the Earth and its systems. By utilising existing equipment and infrastructure in a new way, the project not only avoids
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