{"id":5327,"date":"2025-02-08T00:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T00:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/?p=5327"},"modified":"2026-01-19T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T14:28:08","slug":"frostbyte-lab-opening-at-ut-messan-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/helmut\/2025\/02\/08\/frostbyte-lab-opening-at-ut-messan-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Frostbyte cybersecurity lab opening at UTmessan 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Frostbyte lab<\/a> is the joint cybersecurity lab of the security researchers and teachers at University of Iceland and Reykjavik University. It is co-funded by the Icelandic government and the EU\/ECCC. The official opening to experts is on Friday, 7 February 2025, and to the general public on Saturday, 8 February 2025, 11:00-16:00, in Harpa at the IT fair UTmessan<\/a>. Both University of Iceland and Reykjavik University have at the exhibition day for the public a booth on the 2nd floor of Harpa where you can learn more about the lab. The lab is open to interested parties for their cybersecurity research: please contact people at Frostbyte lab<\/a> if you have a cybersecurity use case. For example, we offer to do a security scan if your organisation that has computers facing the internet.<\/p>\n

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From the lab opening to experts on 7.2.2025.<\/p><\/div>\n

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From the lab opening to the general public on 8.2.2025.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Gagnab\u00e6r (\"Datatown\") digital twin that visualises cyber attacks in Iceland: each time our server gets attacked, a light goes off.<\/p><\/div>\n

Presentation slides<\/a> <\/p>\n

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