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📺 You can still watch (or re-watch) our four-part animation series “Cybercrime for Newbies”, all the videos with security tips and tricks from the Cyber Heroes in our community, and recordings of our webinars here 👉 https://youtu.be/riwPE_qU7f0?si=PnZ73uCnSYH5z5C0

Keep visiting https://connect.geant.org/csm23 to read all the articles and interviews and don't forget that all resources remain available for download and use by NRENs and other organisations to raise security awareness 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/09/how-to-become-a-cyber-hero-a-review-of-the-geant-cybersecurity-month-2023-campaign

🦸 It's a wrap on our 2023 #CyberSecMonth campaign #BecomeACyberHero!

In a month-long journey into #cybersecurity, the campaign aimed to inspire & educate end-users on topics as online #privacy, #phishing, #socialengineering, #ransomware.

Check the highlights 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/11/09/how-to-become-a-cyber-hero-a-review-of-the-geant-cybersecurity-month-2023-campaign

Thanks to all #NRENs & orgs. that contributed, and especially to the comms & security awareness professionals from NRENs that worked their magic to make our campaign happen 🙌

@SURF @nordunet @DFN @dfncert

We hope that this year's #CyberSecMonth campaign has empowered you with the knowledge & tools to protect yourself & your organisations and inspired you to #BecomeACyberHero!

In our last video, GÉANT's CISO Ana Alves highlights the importance of sharing knowledge within the community and tells us where to find all the essential #cybersecurity information, webpages, news, insights, events, and resources.

📺 https://youtu.be/ec8G2Qeyuz0?si=ie3ycGp9RqFd7FqU
🦸 https://connect.geant.org/csm23

#securityawareness #security

#Cybersecurity is by default teamwork. To make it all-inclusive, it requires all roles to do their fair part. Should we then use the term "people security"?

In his #CyberSecMonth blog, Urpo Kaila, Head of Security at CSC - IT Center for Science explains why the real security hero is... you 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/31/who-is-the-real-security-hero

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero
#Security #HumanFactor #securityawareness #CyberSec #Cybersecurityawareness #Research #Education

“Safely surfing the internet” is the online security course for students and university staff designed by University of Ferrara and made publicly available by the Italian NREN GARR via their e-learning platform Learning GARR.

Elis Bertazzon, member of GARR‘s communication and external relations office, tells us more about this initiative to raise #cybersecurity awareness 👉https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/27/when-universities-and-nrens-work-together-for-cybersecurity-awareness

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth #eLearning #securityawareness #Research #Education #Universities

People are both the best response to cyber attacks and the weakest link in #cybersecurity chains.

Therefore, it is critical for organisations to foster a sustainable #security-first environment and culture.

For #CyberSecMonth, Panayiota T. Smyrli (CYNET-CSIRT) explores the importance of building a strong security-first culture, its benefits and how organisations can implement it 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/25/driving-a-security-first-culture-the-key-to-cyber-success

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #SecurityFirst #securityawareness #CyberSec #Research #Education

Seen something weird or suspicious? A potential #cyberincident?

Report it to your security team 🧑‍💻

Cynthia Wagner, Security Manager and CISO at the Luxembourgish NREN Restena Foundation, reminds us that reporting too much is better than too little, because handling an incident is easier than handling a resulting crisis!

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth

📺 https://youtu.be/-jmRYsdkvEw

#Cybersecurity #securityawareness #security #incidentresponse

🦸 This week our #CyberSecMonth campaign #BecomeACyberHero will focus on information & knowledge sharing!

Find all our #SecurityAwareness materials for #Research & #Education organisations, videos, articles and interviews at https://connect.geant.org/csm23

And don't miss tomorrow's CSM23 webinar with Jan Landsaat from Hogeschool Rotterdam on their successful internal awareness programme 👉 https://events.geant.org/event/1552/

#CyberSecurity #CyberSec #Security #Cybercrime #infosec #cyberincidents #knowledgesharing

Granny Smith's mischievous plan went up in smoke!

Would you have reported the incident?

The criminal adventure portrayed in our #CyberSecMonth series was fictional, but it shows us the importance of quick response and open communication in the event of a cyber incident!

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #SecurityAwareness #CyberSecurity #CyberSec #Security #Cybercrime #infosec #cyberincidents #knowledgesharing

#CONNECT44 - the newest issue of GÉANT’s CONNECT Magazine is now out, and it's a jam-packed issue with contributions from the community!

Highlights:
🌐 #OpenScience
⚛️ #Quantum Communications
⚡️ #HPC & applications in #Research & #Education

And many more topics!

Read it here 👉 https://connect.geant.org/connect44

#NRENs #EOSC #RDM #Research #QKD #EuroHPC #eduGAIN #eduTEAMS #Education #Network #eduMEET #cybersecurity #BecomeACyberHero #TNC24 #GÉANTnetwork

The final episode of our #CyberSecMonth series "Cybercrime for newbies" is out next week!

Will cybercriminal Granny Smith prevail over John Wright? And did she properly cover her tracks? We will discover it on Monday 😉

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #Cybersecurity #securityawareness

🔗 https://connect.geant.org/csm23

#Malware often finds its way into organisations through seemingly harmless emails.

For #CyberSecMonth, João Machado, #Cybersecurity Analyst at RCTS CERT (FCCN) tells us how to identify malicious emails, about #ransomware cases in the Portuguese Academia and some steps we can take to protect our organisations 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/19/understanding-and-protecting-against-email-malware

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #Cyberthreats #emailmalware #akira #securityawareness #CyberSec #Cybersecurityawareness #Research #Education #universities #Portugal

#Backup is critical to keep your data safe.

Vladislav Bidikov, System Engineer at the Faculty of Computer Science of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje and at the North Macedonian NREN MARnet, suggests following a simple 1-2-3 rule to make it easy:

1⃣ One copy off-site for disaster recovery
2⃣ Two different media
3⃣ Three copies of your data

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero
📺 https://youtu.be/h90PRoAe_2o?si=jy0SMwwq-ng2g7mD

#Cybersecurity #securityawareness #security #backups #data #MARnet #NorthMacedonia

Since the beginning of 2023 every staff member at Ca'​ Foscari university in Venice has been using Multi-Factor Authentication to access to the University's IT services.

For #CyberSecMonth, IT security manager Alvise Rabitti tells us the story on how they convinced 4,000 people to overcome a small hurdle in order to boost their accounts' security 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/20/mfa-most-feared-authentication

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #Cybersecurity #Research #Education

Cybersave Yourself - SURF's #SecurityAwareness campaign for #Research & #Education in the Netherlands- added a new online e-learning module on #phishing & #ransomware that institutions can customise and use free of charge!

The module follows the story of a ransomware attack at Maastricht University and integrates the story with different types of media & short quizzes.

Read more in this article by @rosannepouw @SURF 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/19/new-csy-e-learning-module-on-phishing-and-ransomware

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth #CyberSecurity

#Ransomware is one of the biggest cyber threats currently affecting the Research & Education sector.

📺 Mark Tysom, Senior #CyberSecurity Product Manager at Jisc, tells us about the prevention measures we can take to protect ourselves and our organisations and minimise the impact of attacks.

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth

📺 https://youtu.be/tsrrZdRlxw8

#Cybersecurity #securityawareness #security #cybercrime #backups

Can #ChatGPT be tricked into helping cyber criminals? And what does the war in Ukraine reveal about the impact of #MachineLearning tools?

For #CyberSecMonth, we asked Zlatan Morić, head of #cybersecurity at #Croatia's Algebra University College, for his insights and experiences on how artificial intelligence (#AI) and machine learning (#ML) tools are changing cybercrime & cybersecurity 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/18/from-perfect-phishing-emails-to-predicting-future-attacks-how-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-tools-are-impacting-cybersecurity

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #ArtificialIntelligence #LLMs #ThreatIntelligence #Cybercrime

Keep yourself cyber safe! Our Cyber Hero Maria Edblom Tauson, senior #security officer at @sunet recommends to:

✅ Always use different #passwords for different services
✅ Activate Multi-Factor Authentication (#MFA) wherever possible

Adding MFA adds extra security to your resources and makes it harder for cyber criminals to steal your data, since they need more than your username and password.

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth #Cybersecurity @nordunet
📺 https://youtu.be/MsKVc2z2Vik?si=JR6fJiN1nMqqCiss

The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences requires all its staff (4000+) to undergo #Security & #Awareness training.

How did they reach this milestone? Which obstacles did they have to overcome?

Discover more at our free #CyberSecMonth webinar with Jan Landsaat on 24 October (15:00 CEST) 👉 https://events.geant.org/event/1552

The webinar will include live interpretation in English, Spanish and Portuguese, thanks to our collaboration with RedCLARA.

#BecomeACyberHero #SecurityAwareness #CyberSecurity

If you see these warning signals:
:ms_exclamation_mark_red: Urgency
❓ Unsolicited contact & demands
✨ Too-good-to-be-true deals

Then:
1⃣ Take your time
2⃣ Do a Reality Check
3⃣ Check Back

Fabio Greiner, #SecurityAwareness specialist at the Swiss NREN SWITCH tells us how to recognise #SocialEngineering and protect ourselves from it.

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth #cybersecurity

📺 https://youtu.be/19R9vx1NlYw

Multi-Factor Authentication (#MFA) reinforces security by asking users to confirm their identity via:

🤔 Something they know
📱 Something they have
👁️ Something they are

For our #CyberSecMonth campaign, Marco Pirovano shares the journey of Università Bocconi towards MFA adoption 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/17/why-adopt-multi-factor-authentication

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecurity #CyberSec #Security #GARR #MultiFactorAuthentication #2FA #Bocconi #university #academia #research #education

This week our #CyberSecMonth campaign '#BecomeACyberHero' will focus on:

🦹 #SocialEngineering
📛 #Ransomware
💾 #Backups
📲 #MFA

Find #SecurityAwareness materials for Research & Education organisations, videos and in-depth interviews with the cyber heroes from our community and our programme of free webinars at https://connect.geant.org/csm23

#CyberSecurity #CyberSec #Security #Cybercrime #infosec

Even the most observant individuals can be tricked, especially if they are attacked at the right moment...

What tactics and tools will our cybercriminal Granny Smith use this time and how can we protect ourselves effectively?

Part 3 of our #CyberSecMonth video series "Cybercrime for newbies" is out!

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecurity #SecurityAwareness

https://connect.geant.org/csm23

Our cybercriminal Granny Smith is at work again... What is she up to this time? Will she manage to scam her target?

Check the preview 👀 Part 3 of our #CyberSecMonth series "Cybercrime for newbies" is coming out next week!

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero
🔗 https://connect.geant.org/csm23

Join our free #CyberSecMonth webinar next week (19 October, 15:00 CEST).

Holly Foxcroft (Stott and May Consulting), will share her cyber psychological perspective on the impact of #neurodiversity on #CyberSecurity practice and risk management.

👉 https://events.geant.org/event/1551/

The webinar will include live interpretation in English, Spanish and Portuguese, thanks to our collaboration with RedCLARA. Full programme 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/09/13/cybersecurity-month-2023-become-a-cyber-hero-webinar-programme

🦸‍♂️ #BecomeACyberHero #Neuroinclusivity #SecurityAwareness

Many #phishing emails are easier to spot, but some seem legit at first sight...

Our Cyber Hero Simona Venuti, Security Manager at GARR-CERT (GARR) shares three tips to recognise them and stay safe:

✉ Keep your private and professional accounts separated.

❗ Be wary when someone asks you something urgent or unusual.

🔗 Check where the link in the mail is leading you to.

🦸 #CyberSecMonth #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecurity #securityawareness

📺 https://youtu.be/kavlJYHlnyM?si=KV2j9qR524oTFRoB

How to recognise malicious attachments?

Check some key steps you can take to identify potentially harmful email attachments by Jakov Kiš, from the National CERT in Croatia CERT.hr (CARNET):

✅ Verify the Sender
🤔 Think Before You Download
‼️ Watch for Urgency or Threats
📁 Check the File Type
👀 Enable Preview Mode
🔐 Use Reliable Security Software
📜 Beware of Macros

🦸 #CyberSecMonth #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecurity #securityawareness #cybersec #Croatia #security

📺 https://youtu.be/Y__otbw4UwU?si=cVWqOW0noXN2WEkc

According to Emilio Nakamura, CISO of the Brazilian NREN RNP, students have a pivotal role in helping us shape a more secure future.

For #CyberSecMonth, he told us about RNP's security awareness programme, challenges & opportunities of making #cybersecurity accessible and relevant to young people, and 7 key strategies to maximise effectiveness of security awareness #training for students 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/10/running-effective-student-security-awareness-campaigns-insights-from-brazil

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #Security #SecurityAwareness #Students #Brazil #Education

Our free #CyberSecMonth 2023 webinars take place each week in October and include live interpretation in English, Spanish and Portuguese thanks to our collaboration with RedCLARA.

Full programme here 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/09/13/cybersecurity-month-2023-become-a-cyber-hero-webinar-programme

🦸‍♂️ #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth #SecurityAwareness #cybersec #security #academia #webinar #webinars #Research #Education #HigherEducation

Join us tomorrow (12 Oct, 15:00 CEST) for an insightful panel discussion on pros and cons of #Phishing simulation campaigns 👉 https://events.geant.org/event/1550/

Moderated by Cornelia Puhze, (SWITCH) and with Inka Karppinen (CybSafe & UCL), Tommy van Steen (Leiden University) and Nathan Duffy (HEAnet).

🦸‍♂️ #BecomeACyberHero #CyberSecMonth #SecurityAwareness #cybersec #security #academia #webinar #webinars #Research #Education #HigherEducation

Bartlomiej Idzikowski (PSNC): “#eduMEET is the solution that best combines the benefits of being on-premise, and having full control, with the agility, ease-of-use and responsiveness of #WebRTC. That means no tracking, audited to remove backdoor vulnerabilities, easy-to-use encrypted audio-video streams, and no analysis of stream or chat content. And it’s completely #opensource with full and transparent access to the code.”

https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/06/video-conferencing-security-and-privacy-by-design-meet-edumeet

#CyberSecMonth #BecomeACyberHero

#Security and #privacy are top priorities for #eduMEET - the open-source, WebRTC-based #videoconferencing platform developed by NRENs and specifically designed for the Research & Education community.

For #CyberSecMonth, we zero in on its security features, benefits for R&E and uptake 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/06/video-conferencing-security-and-privacy-by-design-meet-edumeet

🦸‍♂️ #BecomeACyberHero #VC #CyberSecurity #Research #Education #Academia #WebRTC #opensource #webconferencing

Do you have to follow a conventional path into working in #cybersecurity?

And how can we tackle the dangers of shadow IT without compromising academic freedom?

For #CyberSecMonth, we interviewed @joost, technical product manager at @SURF, about his experiences as a young #security professional, his research on #shadowIT in #HigherEducation, internships, and the importance of pragmatism 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/10/03/from-shadow-it-detective-to-nren-newbie-insights-from-a-young-security-professional

🦸 #BecomeACyberHero #internships #IT #Research #Education

Cybercriminals can use your personal information for identity theft, financial fraud, cyberbullying.

What steps can you take to protect yourself and your organisation?

📺🦸‍♀️ Hear it from our Cyber Hero @rosannepouw, Product Manager #security and #privacy awareness at @SURF!

Find everything about our #CyberSecMonth campaign '#BecomeACyberHero' at https://connect.geant.org/csm23

#DigitalFootprint #CyberSecurity #SocialMedia #securityawareness #cybersec #privacyawareness #Research #Education

We are excited to announce that also this year our #CyberSecMonth campaign #BecomeACyberHero will include a series of four #webinars running throughout October, held by #security experts from industry and the wider @geant #Research & #Education Networking community!

Explore the programme and register (#free of charge) 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/09/13/cybersecurity-month-2023-become-a-cyber-hero-webinar-programme

We will also continue our collaboration with RedCLARA, which will provide live interpretation in English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Registration is open for the Swiss #Security Awareness Day - organised by #SWITCH on 26 October in Bern! 👉 https://ssad23.events.switch.ch

Check the exciting programme, including a lightning talk by Davina Luyten, Belnet, on security awareness in the GÉANT community and our upcoming #CyberSecMonth campaign, #BecomeACyberHero.

The event is in English and open to anyone interested in #SecurityAwareness, with a particular focus on professionals in digital #education, #communications, IT, #CyberSecurity.

Our October 2023 #CyberSecMonth campaign "#BecomeACyberHero" is fast approaching...

Will you join us this year?

We invite our international Research & Education Networking community to take part by writing blogs, articles, stories, case studies, by sharing awareness materials or by simply promoting the campaign!

Read a preview of this year's campaign, what to expect and how to contribute 👉 https://connect.geant.org/2023/07/18/cyber-security-month-2023-become-a-cyber-hero

@SURF #CyberSecurity #Security #NRENs #SecurityAwareness #CyberSec