Category: Cybersecurity
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Primer on cybersecurity and public policy for nonspecialists
The National Academies CSTB released a major report on cybersecurity and public policy that provides the essential technical background for understanding cyber threats and the basic principles of cybersecurity.
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talk: Ron Ross (NIST) on Cybersecurity, 6pm Wed 4/30
Dr. Ron Ross, NIST Fellow, will talk on ‘A Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure in Cybersecurity’ at 6:00pm on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at UMBC.
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Graduate Cybersecurity Internships at NCCoE
The NIST National Cybersecurity Center for Excellence (NCCoE) is seeking full- and part-time paid interns from UMBC graduate students studying cybersecurity at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG). The program is part of NCCoE’s ongoing efforts to build and sustain academic partnerships in the Montgomery County region. The NCCoE internship will identify and immerse students…
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UMBC Cybersecurity MPS Alumna Nidhi Mittal
Nidhi Mittal, a 2013 graduate of UMBC’s Cybersecurity MPS program, talks about her experience in the program
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ACM uses online end-to-end verifiable voting system in 2014 elections
ACM is using the Web-based Helios end-to-end verifiable voting system for its council election, allowing its 100K members to vote via the Web with high confidence that errors and fraud will be detected and that the election outcome is correct.
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talk: Making Physical Inferences to Enhance Wireless Security, 1pm Tue 4/8
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County Making Physical Inferences to Enhance Wireless Security Prof. Jie Yang, Oakland University 1:00pm Tuesday, 8 April 2014, ITE 325b The ubiquity of wireless is redefining security challenges as the increasingly pervasive wireless networks make it easier to conduct attacks for new and rapidly evolving adversaries.…
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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.