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Public values

Within education and research, we work together to create a secure digital environment. How do we safeguard autonomy, justice and humanity in a world of increasing digitalisation and vendor dependence? Public values guide us and help us make the right decisions. In what way are these values intertwined with SURF's activities?
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How do we keep control of our digital identity?

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Identity & access management, or IAM for short, is an area of expertise that is high on the agenda in education and research. There are more and more applications and platforms available to us, and most of them cannot use them without our digital identity.

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"Cybersecurity is not black magic"

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Dr Melanie Rieback (46), co-founder and CEO of Radically Open Security, is known for her unique approach in cybersecurity. At the Open Source Leadership Summit on 13 December, she will share her views on non-profit entrepreneurship, transparency and the power of open source. Her life path proves that bold choices can lead to a whole new movement.
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SURF stops using X (Twitter)

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From 2 May, SURF will stop using X (formerly Twitter) as its communication channel. The reason is that X no longer matches SURF's public values such as humanity, autonomy and justice. Also, the reach…
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Common digital sovereignty priority SURF cooperative

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This week, SURF's Members' Council approved the Innovation Zone of Common Digital Sovereignty. In this zone, SURF and its members will work together as a cooperative in the coming years to be in…
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What you need to know about... purple teaming

SURF Short 18 minutes
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?
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What you should know about... open source

SURF Short 15 minutes
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?
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Book publication (only in Dutch)

Publieke waarden zijn fundamentele aspecten bij een robuuste sociaal-technische onderwijsomgeving. Lees wat SURF hierover publiceerde in het boek "Multidisciplinaire aspecten van digital security" (februari 2022).

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Publieke Waarden

Onderwijs- en onderzoeksinstellingen werken hard om studenten en medewerkers een goede en veilige digitale omgeving te bieden. Daarbij worden we geconfronteerd met dilemma’s: hoe borgen we waarden als rechtvaardigheid, autonomie en menselijkheid, terwijl aan de andere kant de afhankelijkheid van dominante commerciële partijen groeit? De community publieke waarden gaat over het samen verkennen van deze dilemma’s, het vormen van visie en het delen van praktische tools en hulpmiddelen.
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