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Cybersecurity

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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DigiTaal: cyber dictionary for education & research

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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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"Renewing everything manually will soon become impossible to do"

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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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Team building for cyber crises

You cannot escape it: sooner or later you will be attacked by hackers. What can you do as an institution, and as an administrator, to prepare for such an emergency?
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Ewald Beekman wins SURF Security & Privacy Award 2025

Ewald Beekman, IT Security Officer at Amsterdam UMC, has won the SURF Security & Privacy Award 2025 for his years of commitment as chairman of SCIRT, the SURF Community of Incident Response Teams…
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Ewald Beekman SPC Award

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What you need to know about... certificates

Keeping your institution's internet connection secure - something you don't often have to think about anymore thanks to certificates. Right now, that's becoming important anyway! Joost Gadellaa, SURF Certificates technical product manager, explains why.
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5 questions on cyber security in mbo

"What you don't have, can't get stolen"

On 25 and 26 June, Rotterdam's Zadkine will welcome visitors to the SURF Security & Privacy Conference. A great occasion, in the run-up to this annual event, to take a look at some current topics around cyber security in the mbo. We put five pressing questions to Richard de Koning (manager Information Security and Privacy Zadkine) and Martijn Bijleveld (programme manager Cyberveiligheid MBO Digitaal).
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Vooraanzicht Zadkine gebouw

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What you need to know about... post-quantum cryptography

Can we still safely store and transmit data if there are fast quantum computers? No, not with current security. But that's where post-quantum cryptography offers a solution. Want to know what that is? Listen to the new episode now!
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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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