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A new round of digital training on information security is now being sent out to you as an employee at KI. Short lessons on password management, phishing, disinformation and how to report incidents.

The school shooting in Örebro has provoked many reactions. Here is some information on security at KI for students and employees, and details about whom to turn to if you have questions or feel anxious.

Following a procurement process, KI is switching to a new security contract with the supplier CSG. The new contract is valid from Friday 10 January.

After the freezer failure in Neo, the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO) opened a supervisory case. The case has now been closed and IVO considers that the investigations carried out and the measures taken by Karolinska Institutet are sufficient to fulfil the requirements of the Biobanks Act.

A decision was made by KI’s President on Tuesday regarding compensation for the freezer failure in Neo. The Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) will be compensated with a total of SEK 30 million to be distributed to the affected researchers for costs incurred, and to begin recreating the collection of research material that has been lost.

On October 3-4, Biomedicum carried out evacuation exercises. We ask questions about the exercise to Jennie Eldh Bastman from Facility Management (FM), who is responsible for fire safety at Biomedicum.