Category: Cybersecurity

  • Talk: Role of the Defense Information Systems Agency, 12p Fri 9/22

    UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Tech Talk with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) James Curry Lead Engineer – Cyber Security Range IDC – Cyber Workforce Development Division Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) 12:00–1:00pm, Friday, 22 September 2017, ITE 228, UMBC A broad reaching brief on some of the technical aspects of DISA’s role as a…

  • Learn important cybersecurity skills in NSA’s Codebreaker Challenge

      Learn important cybersecurity skills in NSA’s Codebreaker Challenge NSA’s fifth annual Codebreaker Challenge is a hands-on, software reverse engineering challenge in which students work to complete mission-focused objectives and push their university to the top of the competition leaderboard. The contest asks undergraduate and graduate students to do hands-on exercises that will help them…

  • CSEE Alumna Lauren Mazzoli chosen for UMBC Alumni Association Rising Star award

    CSEE Alumna Lauren Mazzoli chosen for UMBC Alumni Association Rising Star award Each year, the UMBC Alumni Association celebrates UMBC graduates and faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the University, their fields, and their communities. This year, CSEE Alumna Lauren Mazzoli was chosen for the Rising Star award, which is given to an outstanding…

  • talk: Results from the SFS Summer Research Study on NetAdmin, 12p Fri 9/8

    UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Results from the SFS Summer Research Study at UMBC Enis Golaszewski, UMBC 12:00–1:00pm, Friday, 8 September 2017 ITE 228 (or nearby), UMBC In summer 2017, UMBC held a cybersecurity research workshop that featured the UMBC Scholarship For Service (SFS) cohort working with the cooperation of the UMBC Department of Information Technology…

  • Baltimore Sun highlights UMBC programs that prepare students for high-demand careers

      Baltimore Sun highlights UMBC programs that prepare students for high-demand careers   The latest special section on education in The Baltimore Sun highlights several UMBC programs that prepare students to succeed in careers in rapidly growing and already high-demand industries. The Sun highlights how the flexibility of these programs makes them particularly accessible and…

  • Cybersecurity Scholarships for UMBC students

    Applications sought for major UMBC cybersecurity scholarships NSF CyberCorps: Scholarship For Service (SFS) Scholarships for careers in cybersecurity. Earn full tuition, fees, stipends ($22,500 – $34,000), and more ($2000 books, up to $3000 health benefits, $4000 professional expenses).  For BS, MS, MPS, or PhD in CS, CE, IS, Cyber or related fields. USA citizenship or…

  • bwtech@UMBC’s International Cybersecurity Center Launch, July 6

      bwtech@UMBC’s International Cybersecurity Center Launch   bwtech@UMBC will hold a launch event for its new International Cybersecurity Center from 9:00 to 10:30am on Thursday, 6 July 2017 at UMBC’s bwtech Cyber Incubator (5520 Research Park Drive, Suite 110, Catonsville, MD 21228). The iCyberCenter@bwtech is a US market entry training and incubation program for overseas…

  • UMBC Data Science Graduate Programs Start in Fall 2017

      UMBC Data Science Graduate Programs UMBC’s Data Science Master’s program prepares students from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds for careers in data science. In the core courses, students will gain a thorough understanding of data science through classes that highlight machine learning, data analysis, data management, ethical and legal considerations, and more. Students will…

  • UMBC hackathon inspires participants to “Innovate Good” through technology

    Ahead of final exams this spring, nearly 200 students gathered at UMBC for “Innovate Good,” a hackathon co-hosted by HackUMBC and The Shriver Center, UMBC’s hub for service-learning, civic engagement, and community-based service delivery. During the 24-hour tech innovation marathon, students collaborated to build mobile, web, and hardware projects focused on solving problems and creating…

  • UMBC seeks Professor of the Practice to head new Data Science program (filled)

    CSEE Professor Anupam Joshi talking in front of UMBC’s π² Immersive Hybrid Reality display Professor of the Practice Graduate Program Director, Data Science Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) The Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for…