The Hard Life of Securing a Particle Accelerator

Explore the challenges and solutions in securing the world's largest particle accelerator in this 39-minute conference talk by Antonio Nappi and Sebastian Lopienski from CERN. Dive into the critical role of Identity and Access Management in safeguarding CERN's IT infrastructure, particularly for the Large Hadron Collider. Learn about CERN's Single Sign-On (SSO) infrastructure, built on Keycloak and running on Kubernetes. Gain insights into the key decisions, difficulties, and architectural choices made for one of CERN's most crucial systems. Understand how cybersecurity measures are implemented in a high-stakes scientific environment and discover the complexities of protecting sensitive data and systems in particle physics research.