Security Activities in openlab-II (2006-2007)

In 2006, the openlab has launched initiatives in the field of computer security. Indeed, with the sharply increasing trend in IT security threats to major organizations, and to the internet as a whole, there were an urgent need to address the issue of Grid security and site security more holistically.

In this context, CERN is has been leading a two-year project focusing on Integrated Site Security. The project  called ISSeG, is partially funded by the European Union FP6 Programme. In addition to CERN,  two other scientific organizations, CCLRC and FZK contribute to the project. This project ended in April 2008.

CERN also approached the industry in the context of the openlab for carrying out joint activities in the field of Site Security. This has resulted in the two companies, F-Secure and Stonesoft joining for two years the openlab as contributor the 1st of January 2006.

The two companies have been closely collaborating.

• F-Secure  contributed in the fields of malware protection, anti-spyware, intrusion detection and intrusion prevention with a particular focus on client security and mail server security.

• Stonesoft contributed  in the fields intrusion detection and intrusion prevention  with a particular focus on combining events from network and client level security systems.

The Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) was instrumental in the setting-up of the collaboration. This project ended in December 2007.