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A webinar offering from Advanced Research Computing training in Western Canada, organized by SFU on behalf of Western Universities:

Next Tuesday, April 22nd, please join us for the webinar "Cybersecurity Hygiene" with Scott Baker, at 10am Pacific / 11am Mountain and Saskatoon / 12pm Winnipeg time. To register, visit this page, or follow the link from our winter/spring 2025 webinar schedule.
Abstract: We all face a daily barrage of news about information cybersecurity: from hackers to breaches, flaws and vulnerabilities etc... This seemingly endless stream of content can lead to fear, confusion and even denial or abstinence from taking action. There are simple things everyone can do to be more secure. This session will provide an institutional-policy-agnostic, practical set of suggestions and plain language explanations of what can be done by individuals and teams within and outside the work environment and why each is important.
The 2025 winter/spring webinars are jointly presented by SFU's Research Computing Group and UBC's Advanced Research Computing.

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