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2026-07-23 — sciCORE+ successfully passes independent security evaluation
Over the past months, the network of BioMedIT nodes and services (DCC) supporting the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), including sciCORE+, underwent an extensive independent security review conducted by Compass Security. The assessment was comprehensive: a full review of the systems architecture, external and internal penetration tests, and multiple simulated data exfiltration scenarios designed to put the infrastructure to the test.
We are happy to share that on 23 July 2026, sciCORE received the final report from Compass Security, confirming that sciCORE+ operates without any significant security vulnerabilities. This excellent result validates our approach to provide infrastructure for research involving sensitive data and is consistent the similarly positive findings of an independent security assessment conducted in 2021.
Compass Security: https://www.compass-security.com/ and BioMedIT: https://www.biomedit.ch/
SPH-EXA Team Secures Competitive CHRONOS Allocation on Alps at CSCS
June, 2026
The SPH-EXA team has been awarded a highly competitive CHRONOS Tier-0 allocation on Alps, Switzerland’s flagship supercomputer at CSCS. The TRUST project, running in 2026, will use 150,000 node hours to study turbulent mixing in stellar environments, helping to understand the chemical homogeneity observed in stellar clusters. The project also provides a unique opportunity to benchmark SPH-EXA at extreme scale and investigate performance challenges such as load imbalance. TRUST builds on the long-standing collaboration between Dr. Rubén Cabezón (sciCORE/CEDA), Prof. Florina Ciorba (DMI), and partners across astrophysics, computer science, and high-performance computing.
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