Category: Cybersecurity
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ABC features UMBC cybersecurity student scholars
Students at UMBC are learning how to hack into systems and prevent attacks. They study hardwarre, software and the tools in between. Jamie Costello from ABC’s Baltimore affiliate WMAR has a short video feature, UMBC is on a mission to crack the code, on UMBC students who are studying and doing research on the…
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CyberCorps SFS students to meet at UMBC, Friday May 26
CyberCorps SFS Spring Meeting at UMBC 9am-1pm, Friday, 26 May 26 2017, ITE 456, UMBC open to the public Six CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS) students from Montgomery College and Prince George’s Community College will present their results solving IT security problems for their county governments. In spring 2017, these students worked collaboratively in a…
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talk: Practical Introduction to Penetration Testing , 12pm 4/28, ITE227, UMBC
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents A Practical Introduction to Penetration Testing Dr. Arno Wacker University of Kassel, Germany and UMBC 2017 12:00noon Friday, 28 April 2017, ITE 227, UMBC While many students learn the theoretical concepts of cybersecurity and cryptology at universities, their exposure to real life systems and the application of learned theoretical…
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UMBC CyberDawgs top 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
The UMBC Cyber Defense Team took first place at the 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition held in San Antonio, Texas this past weekend. The team defeated nine other regional winners from across the country in a contest to protect their networks from cyber attacks and threats efficiently and effectively. “We are as excited about…
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UMBC CyberDawgs win 2017 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
The UMBC CyberDawgs team took first place at the finals of the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC). The CyberDawgs had won the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition earlier in the spring, earning the team an invitation to compete in the final ten national championship match held April 13-15 at the University of Texas, San Antonio. This…
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UMBC Cyberdawgs compete in 2017 Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition finals
The UMBC CyberDawgs are at the University of Texas, San Antonio competing in the national two-day finals event for the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) that takes place April 13-14. The CybrDawgs took first place in the Mid-Atlantic regional finals two weeks ago which qualified them for the finals this week. This is UMBC’s second…
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talk: Hacking, Security, and Technology In Public Consciousness: The Effects of Myth, 1pm 3/31
An image from Hackers, a 1995 film that followed a group of high school hackers and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy UMBC CSEE Seminar Series Hacking, Security and Technology In Public Consciousness: The Effects of Myth Dr. Richard Forno Assistant Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Graduate Program 1-2pm, Friday,…
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Wikileaks hack highlights importance of cyberdefense basics, UMBC experts write
The Central Intelligence Agency’s latest leak is the most recent major hack exposing information that could possibly compromise national security. In The Conversation, Anupam Joshi and Rick Forno, explain that this hack is a reminder of how cyberdefense strategies must be continually improved to ensure sensitive information is protected. Joshi is a professor and chair…
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Free screening: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap, 3-5 Fri 3/31, UMBC
Join the UMBC Computer Science Education Club and the Center for Women in Technology for a free screening of the award winning film, CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap. The documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain…
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Drs. Joshi and Forno assess CIA Wikileaks ‘Vault7’
Graphic via shutterstock.com This week’s WikiLeaks release of what is apparently a trove of Central Intelligence Agency information related to its computer hacking should surprise no one: Despite its complaints of being targeted by cyberattackers from other countries, the U.S. does a fair amount of its own hacking. Multiple federal agencies are involved, including the…