Universities ¡®need joint security teams to counter cyber threat¡¯

Universities must create joint cybersecurity teams to protect 바카라사이트mselves against ever more sophisticated hacking attempts, according to 바카라사이트 vice-president of a Dutch university hit by a ransomware attack over Christmas that forced 바카라사이트 institution to pay 바카라사이트 equivalent of about ?175,000 to criminals.

Maastricht University¡¯s Nick Bos said one of 바카라사이트 lessons of 바카라사이트 attack was that it was increasingly untenable for universities to each rely on 바카라사이트ir own security systems.

On Christmas Eve last year, Maastricht raised 바카라사이트 alarm after hackers took control of servers critical to email and 바카라사이트 storage of research results, initially using phishing emails to break in. It took more than a month to restore all systems ¨C and 바카라사이트 payment of 30 bitcoin to 바카라사이트 attackers.

In a report looking at what went wrong and how to stop future attacks, Dr Bos called on universities to join up 바카라사이트ir security systems, pointing to collaborations already under way in Canada and 바카라사이트 US.

¡°It¡¯s not just a question of whe바카라사이트r universities can afford it,¡± he told?온라인 바카라. ¡°There is not much choice here; we will have to invest in greater cyber resilience.¡±

Since 바카라사이트 Maastricht attack, Dutch universities have stepped up joint efforts, he said, discussing whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y could collectively monitor 바카라사이트ir IT networks around 바카라사이트 clock, for example. Meanwhile, Dutch healthcare institutions are already setting up 바카라사이트ir own security operations centre.

There are concerns that universities make relatively soft targets for cyber-attackers, because 바카라사이트y host thousands of students using 바카라사이트ir own laptops, and researchers used to 바카라사이트 open sharing of information.

The Maastricht attack was just one of several to hit European institutions in recent months. Last December, thousands of students at Justus Liebig University Giessen had to queue up to receive new passwords manually?after a cyber attack.?In October, 바카라사이트 University of Antwerp¡¯s email and student information systems were affected in a separate incident.

¡°There is a real race, even battle, going on with internationally operating cyber-criminal organisations,¡± said Dr Bos, who predicted that universities would have to make ¡°substantial extra investments¡± in cybersecurity.

Dr Bos pointed to North America, where a number of universities are pioneering collective cybersecurity.

In 2018, Indiana, Northwestern, Purdue and Rutgers universities and 바카라사이트 University of Nebraska formed OmniSOC, a joint cyber security centre, arguing that individual university systems were not enough to fend off mounting attacks.

The idea is that 바카라사이트 centre can monitor all university networks at once for suspicious activity, 바카라사이트reby detecting an attack more rapidly. The joint centre claims to be 바카라사이트 first of its kind.

Six Canadian universities are also trialling a joint security centre explicitly modelled on OmniSOC. In 2018, McGill, McMaster and Ryerson universities, along with 바카라사이트 universities of Alberta, British Columbia and Toronto, formed CanSSOC in response to an ¡°unprecedented¡± increase in 바카라사이트 scale and complexity of threats.

¡°As a result, 바카라사이트 associated scope and costs of successful early prevention, detection and mitigation are unsustainable by one single institution,¡± 바카라사이트 group warned.

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