Richard Biever is Duke University’s chief information security officer. Gagan Kaur is a data scientist at Duke University. The problem Security teams have the unenviable task of protecting large, complex, and diverse environments. Areas of focus typically center on protecting an internal network and today, cloud environments. Security infrastructure such as intrusion prevention/detection, firewalls, log… Read more »
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OmniSOC adds Lehigh and Creighton as newest members
Lehigh University has partnered with OmniSOC, a shared, collaborative higher education security operations center (SOC) led by Indiana University. OmniSOC provides 24/7 network security monitoring for its networks, conducts proactive threat hunting, and cybersecurity advisory services. Lehigh joins Creighton University as OmniSOC’s most recent partners. “Higher ed is stronger together. Collaboration through the OmniSOC allows Lehigh to… Read more »
Tension in Ukraine: Mitigating Effects on Higher Education
Our colleagues at REN-ISAC have created a guidance document for mitigating possible follow-on incidents because of the Ukraine situation. As tensions continue to escalate between Russia and the Ukraine, we as information security professionals need to take immediate steps to review, test, and upgrade our incident response practices in preparation for a possible nation-state sponsored attack. Nation-state actors have… Read more »
Clemson joins OmniSOC
Partnership will bolster Clemson’s cybersecurity efforts Clemson University has partnered with the OmniSOC, a shared collaborative higher-education security operations center led by Indiana University. OmniSOC provides 24/7 network security monitoring for its networks, conducts proactive threat hunting, and cybersecurity advisory services. “OmniSOC adds to our cybersecurity efforts by providing us with 24/7 monitoring of our network, which… Read more »
Video: I-Light and Indiana GigaPOP now offering cybersecurity services to members
With ransomware and other cyberattacks on the rise, Indiana’s colleges and universities need a way to quickly know about and mitigate cybersecurity incidents on their networks. That’s why I-Light, Indiana’s high-speed research and education network, and the Indiana GigaPOP are partnering with ResearchSOC partner OmniSOC to provide these services to its members—at no extra cost. This collaboration will… Read more »
Workshop: Cybersecurity Engagement in a Research Environment
You are invited to a free workshop sponsored by ResearchSOC and NSF Cybersecurity Engagement in a Research Environment A free workshop for researcher-facing cybersecurity professionals sponsored by the ResearchSOC and National Science Foundation December 7-9, 2021 (US Pacific Time). Virtually via Zoom and Slack. Please join us for this seat-limited workshop. The intent of the… Read more »
I-Light and Indiana GigaPOP collaborate with OmniSOC on new security model
OmniSOC leverages proven security services for I-Light/Indiana GigaPOP customers BLOOMINGTON, Ind.— I-Light, Indiana’s high-speed research and education network, and the Indiana GigPOP have entered into a collaboration with the Indiana University-led OmniSOC to deliver cybersecurity services to enable customers to rapidly be aware of and respond to cybersecurity incidents on their networks. “This collaboration to provide OmniSOC services to the… Read more »
OmniSOC adds two new members in October 2021
OmniSOC now partnering with Case Western Reserve University and Santa Clara University As OmniSOC expands beyond the Big Ten Academic Alliance, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, and Santa Clara University (SCU), a private university in the heart of Silicon Valley have entered into a collaboration with the Indiana University-led OmniSOC to provide 24x7x365… Read more »
ICYMI: Video of September webinar now available
Ransomware: how an evolving business model changed the threat landscape Ransomware has existed in some form for more than 30 years. In the past 10, it has become an expected part of an attacker’s toolkit for monetizing a compromise. In this webinar, Ryan Kiser discussed the history of ransomware, the evolution of the business model… Read more »
Join us for the Sept. 23 ResearchSOC webinar on ransomware
Sept. 23, 3-4pm EDT Ransomware: how an evolving business model changed the threat landscape Ransomware has existed in some form for more than 30 years. In the past 10, it has become an expected part of an attacker’s toolkit for monetizing a compromise. In this webinar, Ryan Kiser will discuss the history of ransomware, the… Read more »