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Aug
2021
By Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By the time you read this, new students on campus will have moved in and gone to their orientations, staff will be starting the semester, and research will be working around the clock like normal. We know how…
31
Aug
2021
By Andrew Gallo, Principal IT Architect, The George Washington University
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Routing security continues to be an active area of discussion, both in the research and education networking community and across the industry. Let’s keep the enthusiasm going! IRR Data Clean-Up Steven Wallace, Internet2 Security Architect, has been holding…
25
Aug
2021
By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Ah, the students are returning. This is why we do what we do, right? For the chaos? Our lives would be so boring without them around!Qrator posted a quarterly analysis of DDoS and BGP attacks. The majority of…
26
Jul
2021
By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer
Estimated reading time: 1 minute It’s far too hot, y’all. I hope you’re all staying comfortable and not getting sunburned! Brian Krebs reports on a new development in card skimmers. The skimming hardware isn’t visible from outside the device, which…
23
Jun
2021
By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Well, it’s summer, and things are starting to get back to normal in many places. Living in a college town, we typically see fewer people outside in the summer because many of them have gone back home, but…
18
Jun
2021
By Assia Khadri, NET+ Intern, and Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes It was great to have so many research and education institutions join us on May 18th for the NET+ I2 Online Strengthening Access Security in Higher Education event! In case you missed it (or just thought it was…
14
Jun
2021
By Steven Wallace, Internet2 Security Architect
Estimated reading time: 1 minute Do you have questions concerning how to document your network routing policy using Internet Routing Registries (IRR)? How to protect your networks using RPKI? How Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) actions can help…
17
May
2021
By Steven Wallace
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Ninety-five percent of network routes originating from US research and education (R&E) institutions lack a form of hijack protection known as RPKI, or Resource Public Key Infrastructure. Adding this layer of security is something that the IP address…
12
May
2021
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Happy May! I hope everyone had a nice Mother’s Day. This is normally a bittersweet time of year for me – the students are leaving for the summer, so it’s easier to park and get…
27
Apr
2021
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager Nick Lewis I am excited to share that this year’s EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference (formerly the Security Professionals Conference) is virtual and is scheduled for June 8–10. The conference…
