Notices
Christmas 2024 Lab Closure Times
Please note: CST Labs will be closed from 12 noon on Tuesday 24th December 2024 and re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2025 at 9am. Thank you
An Introduction to Mainframe Security
Guest Lecture Cancelled for Wednesday 23rd October 2024 and will take place in the New Year 2025 (date to be confirmed)
Mark Wilson - Guest Lecture
From 0 – 60 in 90 minutes…
Guest Lecture: Mark Wilson GSE UK Region Manager and GSE UK Conference Manager
Mark will start with What an Earth is a Mainframe, why it’s used and more importantly who uses them.
He will then discuss the options for securing a mainframe system, the typical configurations and the typical/common security vulnerabilities.
Mark will also explain that when it comes to Cybersecurity, a mainframe is just another server or IP address with a few mainframe oddities thrown in, so don’t be scared of it. The hackers certainly aren’t. There will be lots of stories some true and some anecdotal of mainframe hacking.
Current state of graduate vacancies in Cybersecurity, Software Engineering (Linux and Open-Source software, or IBM’s z/OS and applications), and AI, will be discussed at this session.
Mark Wilson’s biography linkedin
Mark Wilson's biography on Vertali.com
Saving your Work
Please Note:
Please be aware the hard drive on the PCs in all CST labs are wiped on a regular basis.
Please ensure you save any work to OneDrive. You can access OneDrive via your student email account, each student is allocated 1TB storage. Thank you.
You can now use our PC's even when the CST Labs are closed!
We now have 8 of our PC's located within the Learning Resources Centre. These can be found on LRC L2 (level 2). These PC's have the same software installation as our generic PC's in the CST Labs.
New Events Section
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CST Tech Office
The CST Technical support office is now located in room C014 on the ground floor in the C block corridor.
Student Opportunities
We are looking for dynamic students to help with open days by demonstrating software and applications in the CST labs and being available to answer prospective students' questions. Please see: Open Days
Please Note
The CST labs are for the sole use of students undertaking computing units within the School of Computer Science and Technology.
These computing facilities are in addition to the resources within the excellently equipped LRC (Learning Resources Centre)
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CST Labs - Opening Times
| Monday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Tuesday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Wednesday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Thursday | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
| Friday | 9:00 am - 4:30 pm |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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