09 Nov 2020 Security Security Scene: November Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer We continue to slog forward through 2020. Good news, it’s now November! Time off is approaching, leaves are falling (achoo!), and the nights are getting chillier. Let’s begin things with a… Read More
12 Oct 2020 Security Security Scene: October Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Ah, October. Time to begin thinking about what Halloween costumes your children will change their minds about wearing at the last minute … and about whether or not they’re going trick-or-treating,… Read More
28 Sep 2020 Advanced Networking Security Internet2 Community Completes Network Routing Policy, Publishes Plan By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 5 minutes We are pleased to announce that Internet2 has completed and published its routing policy as of July 29, 2020. The Internet2 community worked together to complete their routing policy records so that 99% of the routes fulfill the… Read More
03 Aug 2020 Security Security Scene: August Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Well, folks, it’s August. Too hot for jokes. Let’s do a quick poll. Not an official poll, no names attached, etc. A few of you have asked about plans for a… Read More
02 Jul 2020 Security Security Scene Blog: July Edition Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Happy Independence Day! With fireworks celebrations around the country being canceled, if you choose to shoot off your own fireworks, please be mindful of pets, vets, and children who are trying… Read More
01 Jun 2020 Security Security Scene Blog: June Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Adair Thaxton, Internet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer An early happy Father’s Day to those of you who are, have, or plan to become fathers to small humans, plants, or animals! Significant others, this is your reminder: June 21!… Read More
04 May 2020 Security Security Scene: May Edition Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Adair ThaxtonInternet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Happy … April, I think? Wait, it’s May? I’ve lost track. You may have heard about Cloudflare’s website, isbgpsafeyet.com. Their site tests whether your ISP can load a page from an… Read More
24 Feb 2020 Cloud Security Feedback Requested: NET+ LastPass Major Program Update Coming Estimated reading time: 6 minutes By Nick Lewis, Internet2 Program Manager, Security and Identity More campuses are looking to complement their existing information security and identity management efforts by adding the NET+ LastPass program, a trusted, easy-to-use password manager. The program has been… Read More
27 Aug 2019 Advanced Networking Security Internet2 Network Adds Support for IPv6 RTBH Signaling and Filtering Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Paul Howell, Internet2 Chief Cyberinfrastructure Security Officer Remote Triggered Blackhole Filtering (RTBH) is one among several mitigation techniques offered to the Internet2 community for mitigating Denial of Service (DoS) threats. Recently, the Internet2 network added support for… Read More
18 Dec 2018 Security Research Engagement What Do Research Computing and Information Security Leaders Have in Common? Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Thomas Barton, Senior Director and Chief Information Security Officer at the University of Chicago Quite a lot, it turns out, as demonstrated at the “Enabling Trustworthy Campus Cyberinfrastructure for Science” workshop, held at the University of Maryland… Read More