Author: Alex Taylor
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2014 Cybersecurity Summer Courses
The UMBC Graduate Cybersecurity Program is offering the following courses over the Summer 2014 session. Each class will meet one or two days a week in the late afternoon or evening, depending on the length of the session where the course is offered. CYBR 620: Introduction to Cybersecurity (Parr) T/TH 6-8:45PM Summer I (6 weeks)…
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CSEE Students Selected as Federal CyberCorps Scholars
Three new UMBC students selected for the NSF Scholarship for Service Federal CyberCorps program
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Cyberdawgs Reach Finals of Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
UMBC’s intercollegiate cyber competition team (the “CyberDawgs”) are heading to the finals of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) on March 26-29 at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab – Kossiakoff Center in Laurel, MD! Nearly 300 students from schools throughout the Mid-Atlantic region competed in several qualification rounds to determine the eight…
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talk: Predictive Analytics for Insider Threats, 4pm Wed 3/5
4pm 3/5: Ben Shariati will talk on ‘Predictive Analytics for Insider Threats’ at 4pm on Wednesday March 5 in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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Dr. Rick Forno discusses data breaches on WEAA
CSEE’s Dr. Rick Forno, Cybersecurity GPD and Assistant Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, was a guest on WEAA’s ‘The Marc Steiner Show’ where he joined Dr. Lisa Yeo of Loyola University in discussing cybersecurity issues and best practices in light of recent high-profile data breaches such as those at the University of Maryland,…
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Leidos' Don Bowers discusses cybersecurity at Shady Grove
Leidos National Security Operations CTO discusses cybersecurity at Shady Grove The UMBC Graduate Cybersecurity Program at the Universities at Shady Grove is pleased to host James D. (Don) Bowers, CTO and Chief Scientist of Leidos (formerly SAIC) National Security Operations for a discussion on current cybersecurity operations and the challenges of operating across the complex…
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First hackUMBC concludes successfully
The inaugural hackUMBC hackathon was a smashing success! Held in the UMBC Skylight Room from 7:00pm Friday to 7:00pm Saturday this past weekend, UMBC’s first-ever hackathon was open to all UMBC students of any skill level, from innovators and explorers to designers and hardcore coders. Its purpose was to allow students to mingle and collaborate…
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Rick Forno speaking at Cyber Education Symposium
CSEE’s Dr. Richard Forno, Cybersecurity GPD and Assistant Director of UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity, is speaking at the NCSI Cybersecurity Education Symposium in Arlington, Virginia on Tuesday, November 19th. The panel session, “Creating the Cyber Curricula for Success” will explore the interdisciplinary nature of cybersecurity and cybersecurity education at the undergraduate and graduate levels and…
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CyberDawgs take second place at MDC3 2013 finals
UMBC’s CyberDawgs placed second at the 2013 Maryland Cyber Challenge (MDC3) finals that were held in Baltimore on October 9 as part of the CyberMaryland 2013 conference. CyberDawgs-1 (pictured above) included William Thomas, Anthony Sasadeusz, Kenneth Johansen Jorge Teixeira, AJ Hallameyer, and Fahad Alduraibi. During the finals, teams competed in a Control-the-Flag event where they attempted…
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CyberDawgs Advance to MDC3 Finals
UMBC’s intercollegiate Cyber Defense Team (the “CyberDawgs”) once again will be competing in the finals of the Maryland Cyber Challenge (MDC3) taking place on October 9th at the CyberMaryland 2013 conference in Baltimore. All three of UMBC’s teams are in the finals! Competing against the three CyberDawgs teams will be two teams from UMUC, two…