Category: Cybersecurity
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Rick Forno discusses cybersecurity on WEAA's 'The Marc Steiner Show'
Dr. Richard Forno, Director of UMBC's Graduate Cybersecurity Program and Assistant Director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, appeared on WEAA (88.9FM) Baltimore's 'The Marc Steiner Show' as part of a long-form panel discussion on assorted cybersecurity issues. He was joined by Edward Erickson of the Baltimore City Paper and Stephen Bono, CEO of Baltimore-based…
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Alan Sherman receives two NSF awards for cybersecurity
Professor Alan Sherman received two research awards from the National Science Foundation to support work at UMBC on cybersecurity.
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2013 Maryland Cyber Challenge Orientation Webinar
The 2013 Maryland Cyber Challenge season has begun! Last week, Challenge co-founder Dr. Richard Forno and other Challenge officials conducted a kick-off orientation webinar (PDF) outlining the 2013 Challenge, providing a brief overview of the SAIC/Leidos competition environment (CyberNEXS), offering administrative guidance, and answering questions from prospective competitors and team advisors. Now in its third…
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MS defense: linked data for cybersecurity, Arnav Joshi, 9am 7/22
Arnav Joshi will defnd his MS thesis, Linked Data for Cybersecurity Vulnerability Descriptions, at 9:00am on Monday, July 22 2013, in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.
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UMBC & SAIC Announce 2013 Maryland Cyber Challenge
MCLEAN, Va., July 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI), Maryland's Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED), and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) announced the third annual 2013 statewide cyber competition, the Maryland Cyber Challenge™, will be held October 8 through October 9 at the Baltimore Convention Center in…
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CYBR student places 3rd in Microsoft Cybersecurity Essay Contest
First-year Cybersecurity MPS student Andrew Shiffer placed third in Microsoft's "Cybersecurity 2020" student essay contest. The contest allows Microsoft to solicit original research about cybersecurity policy challenges from university students at any stage in their educational careers. Andrew's paper is entitled "A Cybersecurity Triumvirate: Policies, Outcomes, and Emerging Trends." Andrew will receive $2,000 prize (which…
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MS defense: A Multilayer Framework to Catch Data Exfiltration
6/5: Puneet Sharma will defend his MS thesis, A Multilayer Framework to Catch Data Exfiltration, at 10:30am on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 in room 325b in the ITE building at UMBC.
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MS defense: Extracting cybersecurity related entities, terms and concepts from text
5/28: Ravendar Lal will defend his MS thesis, Extracting cybersecurity related entities, terms and concepts from text, at 10:30am on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in toom 325b in the ITE building at UMBC
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Five COEIT Students Selected as Federal CyberCorps Scholars
Five students in UMBC's College of Engineering and Information Technology have been selected for major scholarships to pursue studies in cybersecurity-related fields under UMBC's participation in the National Science Foundation's Scholarship for Service (SFS) Federal CyberCorps program. As SFS Scholars, students receive full tuition, fees, annual reimbursement of professional development expenses ($3,000), a nine-month stipend ($20,000…
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MS defense: Social Media Analytics: Digital Footprints, 5/13
5/13: Sandhya Krishnan will defend her MS thesis, Social Media Analytics: Digital Footprints, at 9:00am on Monday, 13 May 2013 in room 325b of the ITE building at UMBC.