Jisc has renewed its international cyberthreat sharing agreement with leading research and education network organisations, strengthening global collaboration to protect the sector against evolving cyber-risks.
Jisc, the UK higher education, research and skills digital organisation, has renewed its Global Cyber Threat Sharing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), reinforcing international collaboration to help protect research and education institutions from an increasingly complex cyberthreat landscape.
The agreement brings together Jisc with Australia’s AARNet, Canada’s CANARIE and the US-based REN-ISAC/OmniSOC, while welcoming New Zealand’s REANNZ as a new signatory.
The partnership enables participating organisations to share timely cyberthreat intelligence gathered through real-world security operations, helping universities, colleges and research institutions detect, respond to and mitigate cyber-incidents more effectively.
The renewed MoU also establishes protocols covering the confidential handling and responsible use of shared intelligence, allowing partners to exchange sensitive information securely while supporting the operational needs of the global research and education community.
Heidi Fraser-Krauss, CEO, Jisc, said: “The cyberthreat landscape is constantly evolving, and attackers do not respect international borders. AI is also lowering the barrier to entry for would-be attackers. We are committed to work together in the long term to defend research and education globally. Through rapid sharing of threat intelligence, each partner shares in defending theirs and each others’ members and customers.”
The collaboration builds on an existing model of trusted information sharing between national research and education networks and is designed to improve cyber-resilience through co-ordinated action and faster threat detection.
The addition of REANNZ expands the geographical reach of the initiative and strengthens collaboration across the international research and education community. The partners said the agreement reflects a growing global approach to cybersecurity, enabling institutions to benefit from shared intelligence and collective defence against increasingly sophisticated cyberthreats targeting the sector.
