The suspension of classes, as a result of the health emergency, forced Chilean universities to accelerate their digitization processes and the incorporation of videoconferencing platforms, to ease administrative meetings and online classes for their communities.
National Research and Education (R&E) Networks (also known as NRENs) together provide critical communications infrastructure for universities and research institutes worldwide. This global network of interconnected networks is boosting international capacity where needed as part of the global rapid response to the recent novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
The work of Brazil's national research and education network, RNP, was, during 2019, a good example of how advanced networks can benefit their countries in areas such as Health, Culture, Agriculture and Defense. Over the past year, RNP has provided remote connectivity and collaboration services for research groups in these areas, allowing for the integration and dissemination of knowledge.
The experience of configuring its own identity provider, connected to its Active Directory and without the need for additional installing, opened the doors of the federated services to the Costa Rican academic network and its users, an experience of access to services without entry barriers and greater ease and convenience of use.
The work of Brazil's national research and education network, RNP, was, during 2019, a good example of how advanced networks can benefit their countries in areas such as Health and Culture. Over the past year, RNP has provided remote connectivity and collaboration services for research groups in both areas, allowing for the integration and dissemination of knowledge.
Responding to the need of its partner institutions and facing the growing interest in cybersecurity issues, since 2018 REUNA has been working on the implementation of its academic and coordination CSIRT (Computer Security Incident Response Team). Its objectives are to provide security incident response services; coordinate the management of incidents that affect its members, guiding the response to attacks and helping them to take measures to prevent future incidents; detect possible security events, which are similar among the different members of the community that comprise it; and be the point of contact with response teams to national and international incidents.
