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A few months ago, we presented you with a framework agreement for the maintenance and acquisition of optical and IP equipment from the brands Ciena, Nokia, Juniper and F5, and the associated services, intended for the Belnet community.

Without adequate protection, the routers of the Belnet network would succumb every day to the many attacks they have to deal with. To make our network even more resilient to cybercrime, new protections have recently been installed for both IPv4 and IPv6.

When the Belgian State Security Service website was left unprotected for several hours last December because a certificate was not renewed on time, it was an embarrassing reminder of the importance of keeping digital certificates up to date.

From Finland to South Africa and from Mexico to Indonesia, eduroam is one of the most successful services in the global research and education community. Find out all about this popular Wi-Fi roaming service by visiting GÉANT's redesigned eduroam website.

As well as providing basic services, such as a multi-layer anti-spam application and a powerful anti-malware solution, Belnet Advanced Mail Security (BAMS) also offers a lot of new functionalities, including virus outbreak protection, sandbox analysis and identity-based encryption. What is more, generating reports, consulting real-time dashboards and managing the various settings of BAMS by means of a user-friendly web interface are simplicity itself.

Belnet is fully committed to protecting its customers even more effectively against possible online security problems. So from 1 February onwards, it will implement its Belnet Intelligent DNS and Belnet Threat Intelligence services in close collaboration with the Centre for Cyber security Belgium.

Both the Belnet network and the BNIX platform have experienced a truly remarkable year – largely because of the corona crisis. The crisis proved the vital importance of research, education, and collaboration. These are domains in which Belnet – as an IT partner for research centres, higher education, and government bodies – plays a pivotal role.