OmniSOC Con 2024 is March 26-28, and it’s packed with incredible sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and networking. Registration is filling up, so register today to save your seat. The conference is open to all higher education and research security and technology professionals such as CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, senior directors, directors of information security and information… Read more »
Conferences
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 »
Join ResearchSOC, Trusted CI, and other partners at EDUCAUSE CPP Conference
Members of ResearchSOC, Trusted CI, CACR, and other partner projects will be presenting at the 2021 EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference. The Conference runs Tuesday, June 8th through Thursday, June 10th. and will “focus on restoring, evolving, and transforming cybersecurity and privacy in higher education.” Presentations include: Big Security on Small Budgets: Stories from… Read more »
OmniSOC Year 3 Event recordings features panel on ResearchSOC
Recorded sessions from the OmniSOC Year 3 Virtual Event, featuring the panel “A SOC supporting scientific research initial lessons and insight from the ResearchSOC experience” are now available on YouTube. The playlist of the event’s nine sessions includes: “Welcome and state of the OmniSOC,” a live stream and virtual “fireside chat” with IU Vice President for Information Technology and CIO Rob Lowden and Associate Vice… Read more »
Preview: vulnerability scanning workshop with Ken Goodwin
Ken Goodwin and Richard Biever will present at the 2020 NSF Cybersecurity Summit By Gregory Moore Ken Goodwin, director of networking, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), and Richard Biever, Duke University’s chief information security officer and director of identity management, will be presenting Both Sides of the Looking Glass: How Vulnerability Scanning and Honeypots Can Work Together in Proactive Cybersecurity Operations at the upcoming 2020 NSF Cybersecurity Summit for… Read more »
Preview: vulnerability scanning workshop with Richard Biever
Richard Biever and Ken Goodwin will present at the 2020 NSF Cybersecurity Summit By Gregory Moore Richard Biever is Duke University’s chief information security officer and director of identity management. He and Ken Goodwin, director of networking, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, will be presenting Both Sides of the Looking Glass: How Vulnerability Scanning and Honeypots Can Work Together in Proactive Cybersecurity Operations at the upcoming 2020 NSF Cybersecurity Summit… Read more »
Securing Virtual workshops in the age of Zoombombing
Security measures helped keep CI/CS Workshop attendees safe By Gregory Moore On August 18 and 20, 2020, ResearchSOC and CI CoE Pilot co-hosted the 2020 Cyberinfrastructure/Cybersecurity (CI/CS) Workshop, a virtual training event for cybersecurity and cyberinfrastructure professionals. Zalak Shah is a senior security analyst and deputy chief information security officer at Indiana University’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) and oversaw the two-day event as the security officer. As with all online… Read more »
Preview: How to devise a network monitoring strategy
By Gregory Moore Focused on the special needs of the research and education community, ResearchSOC webinars and workshops provide on-demand, how-to training for IT and cybersecurity professionals supporting open science research projects. On August 20, Mark Krenz, ResearchSOC, Indiana University, and Scott Orr, OmniSOC, Indiana University, will present How to devise a network monitoring strategy,… Read more »
Cyberinfrastructure/Cybersecurity Workshop Preview
Focused on the special needs of the research and education community, ResearchSOC webinars and workshops provide on-demand, how-to training for cyberinfrastructure and cybersecurity professionals supporting open science research projects. On August 18 and 20, ResearchSOC (the NSF Security Operations Center) and CI CoE Pilot (the NSF Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence Pilot) will host the 2020 Cyberinfrastructure/Cybersecurity Workshop, a… Read more »