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From Friday evening 18 December 2020 until Sunday 10 January 2021 included, we will not perform any upgrades or implement new services. Please note also that our offices will be closed from Friday 25 December 2020 to Sunday 3 January 2021 included. We will resume our activities on Monday 4 January 2021.

eduVPN enables employees, researchers and students to easily and securely connect to the Internet and gain access to their organisation's protected systems.

The Belnet Project Management Office is responsible for the smooth running of all internal and client-related projects. Thanks to a structured and uniform way of working, you can be assured of proper monitoring of your project, transparent communication and an optimum result. Our colleague and Project Manager Elke Dierckens explains how project management works at Belnet.

The purpose of DoS or DDoS attacks is to disable your website, server or network. In particular, organisations with a critical IT infrastructure are often victims, such as banks, Internet service providers or hospitals. DDoS attacks have increased steadily in frequency in recent years. With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing our schools, work and social life onto the Internet, they have increased considerably in number and scale. In Q1 2020, there were almost twice as many DDoS attacks compared to Q1 2019.

Are you looking for tools to strengthen the resilience of your organisation in the field of cyber security? The Cyber ​​Security Coalition, of which Belnet is a part, has several ready-to-use tools available on its website. All existing tools have been recently updated. You can also try a new tool: an online game on safe homeworking.

If you are one of the 30 institutions to have expressed an interest, we would like to keep you fully informed regarding the progress of the various stages of the contract award process.

The coronavirus crisis is having a major impact on the way universities and colleges are working. In order to allow its students to remotely attend and review lessons, the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) will use a podcast service in the new academic year. The university approached Belnet to implement this service quickly.