Academic Security SIG
Mission
Most academic security teams face similar threats, problems and challenges with regards to information security. This SIG aims to provide a platform specifically for academic security team collaboration, sharing experiences and solving common problems. It is primarily intended to provide a forum for discussion in order to reflect on our collective experiences, focus on current challenges and envision strategies on how we could work together to improve security in academic environments, including research & education networks, university CSIRTs, and science/research infrastructures.
Goals & Deliverables
Our aims therefore (within an academic context/environment) are to:
- Provide a forum where ideas, knowledge and experiences are shared in the area of information security;
- Host at least three meetings per year, one being at the FIRST annual conference and another two (usually virtual) meetings around February and September;
- Disseminate best practices in security, suitable for academic environments;
- Identifying ways to provide agile and effective response to security incidents;
- Collaborate on strategies for raising user awareness and security competence;
- Cooperate with other similar regional and global initiatives/groups – e.g. GÉANT TF-CSIRT and SIG-ISM, the Global REN CEO Forum Security Working Group, EDUCAUSE, REN-ISAC, etc;
- Interact and collaborate with other FIRST SIGs in areas of common interest.
Chairs
- Liliana Solha, CAIS/RNP
- Roderick Mooi, GÉANT
Membership
Open but generally restricted to academic (research & education, NREN, University, etc.) CSIRTs with non-academic CSIRTs at the discretion of the chairs (please provide a motivation). Note: it is not a requirement to be a FIRST member to participate in the SIG though we do encourage it.
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