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Spring 2023 Newsletter

Cybera is hiring, and other service updates To keep our operations moving smoothly, Cybera is looking to hire experienced technical / project management staff (see below for more details). Also in this issue: upcoming deadlines for data science consultations and cybersecurity training, a new special interest group offering for the wider post-secondary sector, and details on the …

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Cybera supports the spirit of RMA resolution calling for municipal access to Alberta government data

In the lead-up to next weekโ€™s Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA) Spring Convention, Cybera is offering its support for the motion brought forth by Smoky Lake County regarding municipal access to provincial data. In its motion put forward on February 23, Smoky Lake noted that data is vital in supporting informed decision-making by governments at …

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Cybera EXTENDS DEADLINE to APPLY TO its Board of Directors

Cybera has extended the application date for Albertans interested in joining its Board of Directors to March 15. The organization is seeking an outside-the-box thinker โ€” representing Albertaโ€™s diverse education organizations and geographical regions โ€” to help us advance digital thinking, learning, research, and innovation across the province. This board member will help guide Alberta’s …

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NorQuest and Red Deer Polytechnic join the growing club of eduroam providers in Alberta

This past year, two Alberta post-secondary institutions โ€” NorQuest College and Red Deer Polytechnic โ€” joined the global league of campuses offering eduroam connectivity to staff and students. Education roaming (eduroam) is a secure, world-wide roaming access service that allows students and staff from participating institutions to seamlessly (and safely) connect to the wifi when …

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Cybera is hosting a webinar on โ€œA day in the life of a CISOโ€

To increase shared cybersecurity learning and discussion opportunities within Alberta’s education sector, Cybera will begin hosting a series of online webinars and conversations, beginning next month. On December 8 at 1:30 pm MT, Cybera will host a 90-minute panel discussion on “A day in the life of a CISO”. Three chief information security officers (CISOs) …

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First cohort of the Applied Data Science Lab gets underway

Cybera has launched its first cohort of the Applied Data Science Lab, which gives Alberta companies and budding data scientists the chance to trial a real-world data exploration project. This work integrated learning program has paired eight emerging data scientists with two Alberta based businesses to carry out a six-month data science / machine learning …

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Cybera’s new portal to the future

Cybera had been using a network management system called CMDB for over a decade. This is where we keep track of the network connection details for each of our members and upstream providers. CMDB originated at BCNET, our National Research and Education Network (NREN) partner next door. Cybera’s NREN architecture was based on BCNET’s architecture, …

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New Alberta broadband support to address funding gaps

Last week, Service Alberta Minister Nate Glubish announced the Alberta Broadband Fund, a $36 million allocation of funding to support broadband deployment in Alberta that will begin taking applications this fall. This funding is part of the provinceโ€™s previously announced $390 million investment in Alberta broadband projects that is being matched by the federal government, …

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Cross-provincial data breach detected through national cybersecurity collaboration

Imagine your email address and passwords were publicly posted โ€“ and you had no idea. This year, security analysts from the National Research and Education Network (NREN) uncovered a collection of emails and passwords from several member institutions in their province posted on a public social media channel, as well as insecure private data from …

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Alberta higher education looks to national cybersecurity opportunities as SecureIT wraps up

The AB SecureIT project โ€” a collaborative effort between Albertaโ€™s 26 publicly funded post-secondary institutions and Cybera, the provinceโ€™s research and education network organization โ€” has successfully concluded. Launched in 2020 with funding from the Government of Alberta, the initiative brought together higher education institutions in the province to strategize ways to share information and …

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Saying farewell to Cybera VP, Barton Satchwill

Cybera’s vice president of technology announces retirement After over a decade of leading innovations and digital infrastructure development for Albertaโ€™s public sector, Barton Satchwill is today retiring from his position as Vice President, Technology, for Cybera. โ€œIt is with mixed feelings that I announce I am stepping away from Cybera,โ€ says Satchwill. โ€œIn my time …

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City of Edmonton launches city-wide access to eduroam

The City of Edmonton has launched eduroam โ€” the secure Wi-Fi service for the global research and higher education community โ€” across 120 locations in the city, giving thousands of higher education staff and students a safe and easy way to connect to the internet. This move puts Edmonton among the top smart cities in …

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Cybera unveils intrusion detection service for Alberta schools and smaller public institutions

Cybera is pleased to launch its third and final offering as part of the new suite of cybersecurity services recently announced for Albertaโ€™s research, education, and public sectors. Miridor is an intrusion detection system that gives organizations connected to Cyberaโ€™s network a simple โ€” but detailed โ€” overview of potential indicators of compromise on their …

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Extending the Cybera Security Nexus assessment registration deadline

Cybera members are asked to register for the cybersecurity assessment by September 16, 2022. To ensure maximum participation in a cross-Alberta cybersecurity assessment that will help institutions become more threat resistant, Cybera has extended the deadline to sign up until the fall.  The Cybera Security Nexus was launched in May 2022 to provide expertise and resources …

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Spring 2022 Newsletter

New strategy, services, and the latest from ShareIT Itโ€™s been a very busy season for Cybera: we introduced three new security services for members, expanded the ShareIT catalogue, and launched a province-wide data science work integrated learning program. Our new three-year mandate includes big plans for these areas, as well as for our networking and …

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Cybera moving to four-day work week over the summer

This summer, in an effort to promote our staffโ€™s wellbeing and create a better work-life balance, Cybera will be piloting a four-day workweek. This means we will shift our working hours to Monday-Thursday, and close the office every Friday from July 8 to August 26. Cyberaโ€™s mission is to connect Alberta to the world, enabling …

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