Research Cybersecurity Interest Group (RCsIG)

Goals and Objectives

The Research Cybersecurity Interest Group (RCsIG) will discuss and develop ideas, activities, and recommended practices for action at the intersection of Research Computing and Data (RCD) Facilitation and Research Cybersecurity, with emphasis on blending populations of RCD professionals and cybersecurity professionals working in research environments.

Save the Date: RCsIG May 2025 Monthly Meeting

Thursday May 22, 2025 11:00am- 12:00pm PDT (2:00 – 3:00pm EDT)

A Zoom link will be sent out to the mailing list and Slack channel prior to the event.

Group member, Debbie Geha, Sr. IT Security Analyst at University of Colorado Boulder, will join co-chairs Jeff and Will to host our third meeting for 2025.

Join us for this discussion on the topic of “Contracts and Compliance” which was suggested by attendees of the April call. We invite participants to engage and share about the challenges and solutions at their home institutions and will continue to build our community’s virtual slide deck (V-Cards) with your contributions.

Here’s the preliminary agenda:

  1. Greetings and Announcements (5m)
  2. V-Cards: Please populate a slide with your name, home institution, role and suggest a future topic or two (5m)*
  3. Introduction of topic: Contracts and Compliance discussion (25m)
    • Debbie, Jeff, Will will talk about the challenges at University of Colorado Boulder, how UC Santa Cruz came to the realization that Indiana University’s model could be adapted to their needs, and how things work in practice at Indiana University
  4. Discussion by participants (10m)
  5. Wrap up (5m)

If you are on our mailing list, we will be sending the meeting Zoom coordinates by email. To join the mailing list, please visit the Google Group, click ‘Ask-to-Join,’.

RCsIG meetings are held monthly on the fourth Thursday beginning March 2025 (with time off for the holidays).

Contribute to the Interest Group

If you are interested in contributing to the Research Cybersecurity Interest Group, we welcome your participation! You will need to … To get involved, please email rcs-coordinators@carcc.org.

Join the Research Cybersecurity Interest Group

Join our newly-formed interest group to engage in regular discussions with fellow RCD professionals and exchange ideas at the intersection of Research Computing and Data (RCD) Facilitation and Research Cybersecurity. This group provides a space for informal conversations. To join, visit the Google Group, click ‘Ask-to-Join,’ and leave a brief message explaining your interest (this helps us confirm you’re not a bot or spammer), and join our Slack channel, #rcs-ig, at carcc.slack.com.

Interest Group Co-Chairs

You can reach the Research Cybersecurity interest group co-chairs at rcs-coordinators@carcc.org.