Category: Cybersecurity
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UMBC’s Alan Sherman and colleagues receive over $5M in NSF support for cybersecurity education
UMBC’s Alan Sherman and colleagues receive over $5M in NSF support for cybersecurity education The National Science Foundation recently awarded Alan Sherman, professor of computer science and electrical engineering (CSEE), and his colleagues, two grants totaling over five million dollars to support students and research at UMBC. Tools to assess learning One of the two…
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Richard Forno: Threats remain to US voting system – and voters’ perceptions of reality
As Americans go to the polls, the voting process and the information environment are still not secure. AP Photo/David Goldman Threats remain to US voting system – and voters’ perceptions of reality Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County As the 2018 midterms proceed, there are still significant risks to the integrity of the voting…
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talk: Legal Aspects of Privacy and Data Protection, 12-1 Fri 11/9
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Legal Aspects of Privacy and Data Protection Razvan Miutescu Privacy Counsel, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston 12:00–1:00pm Friday, 9 November 2018, ITE 227, UMBC Privacy and data security continue to be topics of interest for organizations of all sizes. In addition to being concerned about cyber crimes and data breaches…
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Professional Graduate Programs Open House, Sat. 10/20 (CYBR, DATA, …)
Professional Graduate Programs Open House, Sat. 10/20 The Fall Open House for UMBC’s Professional Programs (Main Campus offerings) takes place on Saturday, October 20 in the first floor of PAHB from 9:30-11:30am. Students interested in exploring and/or pursuing these graduate programs (degrees and/or certificates) or just want to learn more about these fields are encouraged…
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UMBC students win top prize at Maryland Cyber Challenge
Busy teams of students clustered around laptops in a room overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor on Tuesday, focused on solving as many challenges as possible during a “capture-the-flag” style competition. After hours of intense competition in cyberspace, UMBC’s team emerged victorious, named champions of the college division of the 2018 Maryland Cyber Challenge. Started in 2011,…
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talk: Results of a student study of UMBC computer systems security
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab presents Results from the January 2018 SFS Research Study at UMBC Enis Golaszewski, CSEE, UMBC 12:00-1:00pm Friday, 12 October 2018, ITE 227 January 22-26, 2018, UMBC SFS scholars worked collaboratively to analyze the security of a targeted aspect of the UMBC computer system. The focus of this year’s study…
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MD-AI Meetup holds 1st event at UMBC 6-8pm Wed 10/3, 7th floor library
MD-AI Meetup holds 1st event at UMBC 6-8pm Wed 10/3, 7th floor library A new Maryland-based meetup interest group has been established for Artificial Intelligence (MD-AI Meetup) and will have its first meeting at UMBC this coming Wednesday (Oct 3) from 6:00-8:00pm in the 7th floor of the library. The first meeting will feature…
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Machine learning and AI for cybersecurity: a technical chat with DISA
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: A Technical Chat with the Defense Information Systems Agency James Curry Lead Engineer–DoD Cyber Security Range Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) 12:00–1:00pm Friday, 28 September 2018, ITE 227, UMBC A broad reaching brief on the scope and scale of the DISA Mission, followed by…
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Learn cybersecurity skills in NSA’s Codebreaker Challenge
Get hands-on cybersecurity and blockchain skills in NSA’s Codebreaker Challenge NSA’s sixth annual Codebreaker Challenge is a hands-on, cybersecurity engineering challenge in which students work to complete mission-focused objectives and push their university to the top of the competition leaderboard. The 2018 scenario involves ransomware and blockchain. A new strain of ransomware…
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talk: Phishing in an Academic Community, a Study of User Susceptibility and Behavior
The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Phishing in an Academic Community: a Study of User Susceptibility and Behavior Alejandra Diaz University of Maryland, Baltimore County 12:00–1:00pm, Friday, 14 September 2018, ITE 227 (joint work with Alan T. Sherman Anupam Joshi) We present an observational study on the relationship between demographic factors and phishing susceptibility at the…