October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the National Security Council Cybersecurity Training and Awareness Working group is collaborating with the National Training Coordination Council to offer a series of events throughout the month on the theme: Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility.
The "Securing File Access Permissions on Linux" session is the first in this series. The remaining sessions are listed below.
All users and staff of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada are welcome to attend regardless of your level of cybersecurity knowledge. Event topics range from basic cybersecurity hygiene to more specialized subjects. With new topics each week, there is something for everyone.
October 8, 1 p.m. ET – Basic Risk Assessment for Researchers + Data Classification
Presenters: Luc Letarte and Jessica Galo (University of British Columbia)
October 10, 1 p.m. ET – Planning for Cybersecurity - DMP Assistant
Presenter: Marcus Closen (Digital Research Alliance of Canada)
October 15, 2 p.m. ET – Cybersecurity Hygiene
Presenter: Scott Baker (University of British Columbia)
October 16, 1 p.m. ET – Cybersecurity within the Controlled Access Management for Research Data
Presenter: Victoria Smith (Digital Research Alliance of Canada)
October 17, 1 p.m. ET – Insider threats
Presenters: Catherine Di Vita and Benjamin Reid (Digital Research Alliance of Canada)
October 24, 1 p.m. ET – Zero Trust in HPC
Presenters: Tyson Macaulay (National Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Security and Resilience) Daksha Bhasker (Microsoft)
October 29, 1 p.m. ET – DRI-Wide Cybersecurity training panel
Facilitator: Catherine Di Vita (Digital Research Alliance of Canada)
Panelists: Ryan McRonald (University of Victoria), Julie Le Hegarat (University of British Columbia), Scott Baker (University of British Columbia), and Raphaelle Gauriau (University of Toronto)
October 30, 1 p.m. ET – Secure Software Development for Research Applications
Presenter: Felix-Antoine Fortin (Université Laval)
