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GDPR: Backups, Archives and the Right to...
I was recently asked how the GDPR's Right to Erasure would affect backups and archives...
GDPR: Twelve Steps, Sorted
Although the Information Commissioner's "Twelve Steps to Prepare" is an exce...
TLS 1.2 and updated RADIUS requirements
TL;DR - TLS 1.2 negotiation in forthcoming OS releases require sites running RADIATOR, Fre...
GDPR: Recording Phone Calls
Most of us are familiar with the recorded messages at the start of phone calls that warn "this call may be recorded for compliance and training purposes". Some may recognise it as meeting the requirement to notify callers under the snappily titled Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000. But the data protection i...
GDPR: moving to Information Lifecycle Re...
[UPDATE: the Irish GDPR coalition have a nice infographic on information lifecycles under the GDPR]Anyone who has looked at an information security standard is likely to be familiar with the idea of an Information Asset Register. These...
GDPR/Data Protection Bill: public author...
[Update: a Government amendment to Clause 6 of the Bill appears to confirm that this is their intended interpretation :)]The new Data Protection Bill seems to bring clarity to the question of which legal bases will be available to educ...
GDPR: Alumni processes
Most universities maintain databases of alumni, for purposes including keeping them informed about the organisation, offering services and seeking donations. These activities have a lot in common with other charities, so the Informatio...
Improving reliability of Microsoft NPS a...
I've spent a fair bit of time over the past month trying to improve the reliability of our RADIUS service for eduroam. Previously it was entirely based on Microsoft NPS which has the tendency to silently discard authenticatio...
RADIUS Server Choice Guide for eduroam
The RADIUS implementations most likely to be deployed or implemented at the present time are:FreeRADIUS – a free, open source implementation: http://www.freeradius.org/Microsoft NPS (Network Policy Server) - the Windows Server 2008 implementation of RADIUS, replacing IAS (Internet Authentication Server) – the Windows® Server 2000/2003 implementation of RADIUS: h...
GDPR: Public Authorities and Legitimate ...
I was interested to spot that the Article 29 Working Party visited the question of "p...
GDPR: Web forms and consent
Looking at yet another of those web registration forms that seems to collect more data than required, it occurred to me that there might be quite a neat way to meet the General Data Protection Regulation's requirements for positive...
What's the data protection difference be...
[UPDATE] a slightly revised version of this post formed our response to the ICO consultati...
Why should non-EU organisations care abo...
I was recently invited by EDUCAUSE to present a webinar on GDPR to their community of mostly North American universities and colleges. The number of participants indicates that European data protection law is a topic of interest. But t...
eduroam(UK) Microsoft NPS Configuration ...
This guide describes the setup of the Microsoft Network Policy Server for use with eduroam in the UK. Whilst it is the key component, the Organisational RADIUS Server (ORPS) is just one element of your eduroam deployment and this guide...
Janet Wales service report February 2018
Service report for organisations in Wales connected to the Janet network via PSBA...
Janet Kent service report February 2018
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to Janet via KPSN...
Janet Cumbria Regional Delivery Service ...
Please find attached the Cumbria area service report for the month of February 2018....
Janet North West Regional Delivery Servi...
Please find attached the North West region service report for the month of February 2018....
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This guide describes the setup of the Microsoft Network Policy Server for use with eduroam in the UK. Whilst it is the key component, the Organisational RADIUS Server...
This guide describes the setup of the Microsoft Network Policy Server for use with eduroam in the UK. Whilst it is the key component, the Organisational RADIUS Server...
It's well-known that the General Data Protection Regulation says that IP addresses should be treated as personal data because they can be used to single out...
North East Service Report - February 2018