Category: Cybersecurity
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Oracle updates Java 7 to fix dangerous security exploits
TL;DR version: if you have Java 7 on your computer, update it. Now. The Java programming language helped to make the Web popular in the mid 1990s by its invention of the Web applet. The idea was powerful and enabled complex programs to be automatically downloaded when you visited a Web page and run securely…
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CSEE professor Kargupta and co-authors win IEEE 10-Year Highest-Impact Paper Award
On December 12, CSEE professor Hillol Kargupta will receive the 10-year Highest-Impact Paper Award from the IEEE International Data Mining Conference (ICDM) in Brussels, Belgium. The winning paper—“On the Privacy Preserving Properties of Random Data Perturbation Techniques”—discusses privacy-preserving data mining and it also received the 2003 ICDM Best Paper Award. It is co-authored by former…
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JOB: Summer research experience for undergrads in cybersecurity and privacy
The TRUST Research Experiences for Undergraduates (TRUST REU) is a nine-week summer program in Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trustworthy Systems, was established to promote access to graduate education among undergraduates who have been educationally or economically disadvantaged and who may not have exposure to the academic environment of a research university. The goal of the TRUST…
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JOB: CyberSecurity internships and part-time positions
CyberPoint is seeking Paid Summer Intern Scientists and a Jr. IT Specilist. US Citizenship required. APPLY VIA UMBCworks. CyberPoint delivers innovative, leading-edge cyber security products, solutions and services to customers worldwide. We discover the threats and vulnerabilities that expose data, systems, and infrastructure to compromise, and we design defenses that provide critical protection. Our approach…
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NITRD Seeks Comments on Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan
The NITRD Senior Steering Group (SSG) for Cybersecurity R&D issued a request for public comments on the Federal cybersecurity R&D strategic plan . The SSG seeks comments on the progress over the past year in the research areas identified in the strategic plan, the strategic plan's impact in orienting private sector cybersecurity R&D activities, the…
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UMBC Cyber Scholars Program accepting applications
The new UMBC Cyber Scholars Program is seeking applicants. Incoming Freshman for the Fall 2013 school year, current students, and transfer students interested in careers in cybersecurity are encouraged to apply by January 15, 2013. Starting Fall 2013, the Scholarship program will support 15-20 students annually with financial awards of $5,000-15,000 per year. The scholarship…
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Jobs and internships at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The Visual Analytics Research Team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is looking for summer interns at all levels as well as post-docs, post-masters, and post-bacs. We are also looking for qualified full time candidates. We have a variety of projects in the areas of cyber security/network defense and health care. Projects tend to be 'big…
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MS Defense: Stateless Detection of Malicious Traffic: Emphasis on User Privacy
MS Thesis Defense Stateless Detection of Malicious Traffic: Emphasis on User Privacy Paul Halvorsen 1:00pm Monday, 3 December 2012, ITE 346, UMBC In order to allow flexibility in deployment location and to preserve user privacy we have performed research into stateless classification of network traffic. Stateless detection allows for flexibility in deployment location because…
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Sherman and Dykstra invited to give keynote presentation at IDGA forensics conference
CSEE professor Dr. Alan Sherman and his Ph.D. advisee Josiah Dykstra have been invited to give the keynote address at the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement’s (IDGA) Forensic Enabled Intelligence Summit. Scheduled to be held in Washington D.C. in April 2013, the conference is one of the IDGA’s most anticipated government technology summits of…
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Free screening of the new film Codebreaker, 5:30pm Thur, JHU
A free screening of the new film Codebreaker will be shown on Thursday, November 29 at 5:30pm in Hodson Auditorium at johns Hopkins University. The screening will be followed by a reception and question and answer session with the film's executive producer, Patrick Sammon. Codebreaker tells the remarkable and tragic story of one of…