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Cyber security resource hub
The cyber security threat landscape is always evolving, and attacks are becoming more prevalent and sophisticated.
Explore our collection of educational resources designed to empower you with the knowledge and tools to safeguard yourself and your organization from cyber threats. Join us in building a safer, more secure digital future.
How can we combat cyber attacks?
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Awareness and prevention are better than cure
Participate in and support organization-wide training and skills that are critical to identifying and mitigating against cyber security threats. New guidance from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Universities UK (UUK) and Jisc explains why prevention is better than cure.
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Security by design
Apply security by design concepts in product development to help protect organizations and users. An example of security by design is the OpenAthens Federation where providers of content and services agree to pass verified and encrypted information to library organizations within the trust fabric of the federation.
Why customers choose OpenAthens as a trusted authentication solution
There are many library authentication solutions available, and this makes it challenging for librarians to know which one to choose. Librarians need to work within the confines of tight budgets and demanding stakeholders. We have summarized a few of the reasons librarians choose us as a trusted solution in our latest blog.
How OpenAthens helps protect content from misuse
In this Cyber Security Month webinar, Trust and Identity CTO Neil Scully outlines the security risks to organizations and publishers if access is provided with no limits or controls. Neil goes on to explain how our team monitors misuse and the benefits to customers.
Useful resources
Ransomware
- Jisc podcast: The impact of ransomware attacks
- Jisc blog: Why Jisc members shouldn’t pay ransomware demands
- GÉANT video: Mark Tysom, senior cyber security product manager at Jisc covers the topic of ransomware.
- Jisc blog: Latest cyber impact report underlines ransomware as a huge threat but financial cost of attacks is still unclear
Phishing
- Jisc service: Simulated phishing and associated training framework (Jisc members only)
- NCSC: Phishing – spot and report scam emails, texts, websites and calls
- GÉANT video: Jasmina Mešić, member of Slovenian National CERT SI-CERT (Arnes) and coordinator of the Slovenian national cybersecurity awareness programme “Safe on the Internet”, covers the topics of phishing and smishing
- GÉANT webinar: Phishing simulations – to do or not to do
- GEANT blog: From perfect phishing emails to predicting future attacks. How Artificial Intelligence and machine learning tools are impacting cybersecurity
- CISA: Phishing security postcard
Three Ways OpenAthens Delivers Effective Security – While Keeping it Simple for Users
How can OpenAthens deliver effective security, while keeping things unobtrusive for learners and researchers? The simple answer is that we use federated access, which allows users to access resources via single sign-on, within a network of trust. But there are also out-of-the-box features and characteristics of OpenAthens that help deliver security effectively.
User privacy and data security
Back to basics: Security and user privacy
Authentication, authorization, cookies, passwords, security, user privacy… Heard about all these terms but want a better understanding of what they are and how they impact you? Watch our easy-to-follow case study and learn all you need to know about security and user privacy.
Paywalls and Pandemics: Ensuring seamless remote access and data security
Discover how the University of Melbourne increased active users by nearly 50% during the pandemic, whilst maintaining data security. This case study webinar will also explore the challenges faced and discuss important lessons learned.
Security audit inspires Iowa State University Library to implement OpenAthens
When the IT team at Iowa State University Library learned that the library had experienced security issues that resulted in a temporary loss of guest users’ access to some publisher resources, both library and IT teams began looking for a more secure, single sign on authentication solution.
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