You are invited to attend a ResearchSOC webinar: Effective Cybersecurity for Research on August 4 at 2pm ET. What: Webinar | Effective Cybersecurity for Research When: August 4, 2pm ET Where: Zoom (register below) Abstract The tension between cybersecurity and researchers has long hampered attempts to secure research. It is also why institutional cybersecurity efforts in academia… Read more »
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Webinar | Proxywar-e: detecting malicious code in websites
What: Webinar | Proxywar-e: detecting malicious code in websites When: June 23, 2pm ET Where: Zoom (register below) You are invited to attend ResearchSOC’s first webinar of the summer: Proxywar-e: detecting malicious code in websites on June 23 at 2pm ET. Abstract For the past two years, Duke faculty member David Hoffman, students, and the… Read more »
ResearchSOC merges with OmniSOC to take on greater cybersecurity challenges
The Research Security Operations Center (ResearchSOC) was funded by the NSF in 2018 to provide cybersecurity as a service focused on NSF large facilities research projects. Its mission began as a collaborative security response center whose expertise and resources are leveraged by the entire research and education community to improve the cybersecurity posture of scientific… Read more »
Defending against malicious code embedded in legitimate websites
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 »
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 »
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 »
ResearchSOC can help you comply with CIS Top 20 and NIST standards
Many research facilities are using the Center for Internet Security (CIS): Top 20 Critical Security Controls (CIS Top 20) as a basis for their cybersecurity programs. ResearchSOC can provide services that address several key elements of these control sets. ResearchSOC enables our clients to jump start their security program by providing or supporting adoption of… Read more »
ICYMI August webinar: Google Drive security: challenges and solutions
In case you missed the August ResearchSOC webinar, Google Drive security: challenges and solutions, links to the White Paper, the webinar recording, and the webinar slides are now available. This webinar briefly covered the contents of the white paper by Ishan Abhinit and Mark Krenz of Indiana University’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research (CACR) on… Read more »
Video available for ResearchSOC’s presentation in the Internet2 Community Voices Series: ResearchSOC Deployment at NSF Facilities
This presentation from the ResearchSOC educated the community on its initial observations onboarding three NSF major facilities, as well as describing common challenges experienced across the higher education landscape as seen by ResearchSOC’s core partner, the OmniSOC. View the recording >> Download the presentation >> Read the detailed preview >>