Thematic CERN School of Computing on Security 2026

from Sunday, 27 September 2026 (11:00) to Saturday, 3 October 2026 (12:00)
Cosener's House

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
27 Sept 2026
28 Sept 2026
29 Sept 2026
30 Sept 2026
1 Oct 2026
2 Oct 2026
3 Oct 2026
AM
09:00 Opening Session - Andrzej Nowicki (CERN) Anton Lawrence (UKRI STFC) Dr David Crooks (UKRI STFC)  
09:45 Security in research and scientific computing - Dr David Crooks (UKRI STFC)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Security architecture fundamentals - Barbara Krašovec (IJS)  
08:45 Risk Management - lecture 1 - Sven Gabriel  
09:45 Risk management - lecture 2 - Sven Gabriel  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 School photo  
11:05 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Virtualisation and cloud security - Barbara Krasovec (IJS)  
08:45 Container security - Daniel Kouřil  
09:45 Container security - exercises - Daniel Kouřil Daniel Kouril  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Intrusion detection with SOC: deployment and operation - David Crooks (UKRI STFC)  
08:45 Security Operations - Sven Gabriel  
09:45 Incident response management - Barbara Krašovec (IJS)  
10:45 Announcements  
11:00 --- Coffee break ---
11:30 Digital forensics: essentials and data acquisition - Daniel Kouřil  
08:45 Digital forensics - exercises - Daniel Kouřil  
10:15 --- Coffee break ---
10:30 Introduction to forensics - exercises - Daniel Kouřil  
11:45 Announcements  
10:00 --- Departure ---
PM
16:00 --- Registration ---
17:00 Welcome to the CERN School of Computing  
17:20 Self-presentation: 1 minute per person  
19:00 --- Dinner at the Nag's head pub ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:15 Study time and/or daily sports  
14:45 Defensible security architecture: how to implement security principles - Barbara Krašovec (IJS)  
15:45 --- Coffee break ---
16:15 Logging and traceability - David Crooks (UKRI STFC)  
17:15 Identity, authentication, authorisation - Mr Tom Dack  
18:15 Identity Management & AAI - exercise - Donald Chung (STFC)  
19:15 --- Dinner at Cosener´s house ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:15 Study time and/or daily sports  
14:45 Vulnerability management - Sven Gabriel  
15:45 --- Coffee break ---
16:15 Student lightning talks  
16:55 Application security - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
17:55 Application Security - exercises - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
19:15 --- Dinner at Cosener´s house ---
12:30 --- Collect lunch bags ---
13:00 Departure of bus to Oxford  
14:00 --- Oxford visit, punting and dinner ---
21:30 Transport by bus to Cosener's house  
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:15 Study time and/or daily sports  
14:45 Digital forensics: data analysis - Daniel Kouřil  
15:45 --- Coffee break ---
16:15 Intrusion detection with SOC - exercises - David Crooks (UKRI STFC)  
18:45 --- Dinner at Cosener´s house ---
20:00 Pub quiz at Kings Head and Bell Pub  
12:00 Penetration testing - exercise debriefing - Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:15 Study time  
14:15 Exam  
15:00 --- Short break ---
15:15 Incident response - exercise - Mr Tom Dack Dr David Crooks (UKRI STFC) Romain Wartel (CERN) Sebastian Lopienski (CERN)  
16:45 --- Coffee break ---
17:00 Incident response - exercise - Dr David Crooks (UKRI STFC) Mr Tom Dack Sebastian Lopienski (CERN) Romain Wartel (CERN)  
18:15 Closing Session - David Crooks Andrzej Nowicki (CERN)  
19:30 --- Closing Dinner at Dorindos ---