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A Screenshot from SIFIS-Home GItHub-site.

27/09/202329/09/2023News

Good news for smart home enthusiasts!

In the SIFIS-Home project, the code developed to secure smart homes is openly available on GitHub.

Wiretapping on the reel tape recorder. Headphones near the technique. Special agent work. Retro old school spying on conversations. Picture is from Adobe Stock.

22/09/202322/09/2023Blog

Traveling in the 80s and a home full of smart devices

While the allegedly bugged Soviet hotel rooms were shrouded in secrecy, the tales about them bear a fascinating resemblance to a modern phenomenon, a home filled with smart technology that could easily be used for espionage. Smart Home ecosystems bring us convenience and practicality we have never seen before, but they also raise privacy concerns. As we invite smart technology to our homes, we are faced with the fact that convenience comes at the cost of privacy and with an unsettling hunch that we may not be aware of how much of our privacy we are trading off. Are we in fact bugging our own homes?

A screenshot from the webinar with the panelists, Leena Toivanen, Andrea Saracino and Johan Lugnet and the webinar host Laura Palovuori.

20/09/202320/09/2023Blog

Building trust requires solid layer of cybersecurity

Digitalization is simply something that is happening. The digital environment is part of our lives whether we want it or not. It is both an opportunity and a challenge

Yellow stars from the EU-flag are places on a keyboard. It is written Increasing cybersecurity and empowerment in the digital environment in Europe. Webinar 13the September 2023.

15/08/202324/08/2023News

Increasing cybersecurity in Europe

This webinar is an effort to show the strength of our European community collaborating to make Europe a safer place in regards of cybersecurity.

Hands on the computer´s keyboard.

01/08/202301/08/2023Blog

About NIS 2

Soon after the implementation of NIS 1 into national law, the NIS 2 directive, which came into force this year, was introduced […]

Lines in different colors. Shaped like a brain.

22/06/202322/06/2023Blog

Behavior analysis in cybersecurity

Behavioral analysis plays an important role in cybersecurity as it helps identify and prevent cyber threats by understanding human behavior. Cybersecurity experts […]

A hand coming out from a laptop display, there is a lock on the hand. A small man is holdin a key and opens the lock.

07/06/202307/06/2023Blog

Passkeys offer an alternative to passwords

Here we go again! There it is, the link prompting me to click in case of a forgotten password. And needless to […]

Trainees and employees at Centria University of Applied Sciences Kokkola Campus in FInland.

Welcome trainees!

Today Centria University of Applied Sciences had an introduction day for 6 new enthusiastic trainees. All of them are studying information technology. […]

Code

Software evaluation checklist

Usually, when we develop software we tend to use other software, which is either part of an operating system or taken from […]

A photo collage about digital and environmental topics. (Adobe Stock)

15/02/202316/02/2023Blog

I have an old laptop

Cyber security and sustainability goes hand in hand. The European Union is promoting both alternatives, but I have rarely seen that someone would talk about these two topics at the same time.