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Press Release: DOST-ASTI, Asi@Connect hold Cloud-based Web Security Workshop
Saturday, April 06, 2019 12:00 AM Views : 1417Joy Camille LuzaThe Department of Science and Technology – Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI), in partnership with Asi@Connect>, will be hosting a stakeholders’ meeting and an overview workshop about the Cloud-based Web Security Best Practices and System Configuration on 10-11 April 2019 at the DOST-ASTI Office in Diliman, Quezon City.
The two-day event, funded by TEIN* Cooperation Center and the European (EU), is being conducted as part of the Asi@Connect> Distributed and Cloud-based Network Defense System for NRENs (DCNDS) Project. It aims to facilitate capacity building among network operations center (NOC) operators, network engineers, and security personnel that will support the effective operation of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in the Asian region.
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An introduction to the FIWARE Application Development platform for development of cloud-based network management and security dashboards and other services;
Asi@Connect> had also held similar events in Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
In the Philippines, PREGINET is the only NREN that interconnects and catalyzes research among academic, government and research institutions. It is being managed by the Solutions and Services Engineering Division in DOST-ASTI and a partner in the Asi@C>onnect Project.
Aside from Asi@Conect>, PREGINET also has linkages with international RENS including Asia-Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) and Asian Internet Interconnection Initiatives (AI3).
The Asi@Connect> Project provides regional high-capacity and high-quality internet network—the Trans-Eurasia Information Network (TEIN)--for research and education communities across Asia-Pacific and Europe. It is managed by the regional organization TEIN*Cooperation Center (TEIN*CC), which was endorsed by the ASEM-8 Summit in Brussels in 2010 and established in Seoul, Korea in 2011 with the aim of leveraging e-infrastructures developed for public service projects.