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Department of Cybersecurity
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December 2, 2022
How Hackers Take Down Websites
Discover magazine features Rob Olson, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security.
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November 29, 2022
How can Americans show solidarity with Iranian protestors?
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Hanif Rahbari, assistant professor in the Department of Computing Security.
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November 28, 2022
Research team awarded grant from NIST to develop new standards-based educational modules
A team of researchers from RIT was recently awarded a grant to develop curricular modules on infrastructure improvement and resilience that introduce students to public and private sector standards, including industry standards.
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November 27, 2022
How to avoid scams and theft during Cyber Monday shopping
WROC-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about safe practices for shopping online.
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November 16, 2022
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute pentesters assess messaging app for activists
RIT cybersecurity experts are helping make instant messaging safer for activists in countries controlled by restrictive regimes. Pentesters from RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute performed a security assessment of Partisan Telegram, a customized version of the Telegram messaging app. RIT was selected to conduct the assessment by a nonprofit organization that supports global internet freedom.
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November 9, 2022
RIT researcher brings together cybersecurity experts from U.S., Ireland, and Northern Ireland
Professor S. Jay Yang sees collaboration as the key to combating international cybersecurity threats. That’s why the director of global outreach for RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute is helping lead an alliance of cybersecurity researchers from the U.S., Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland.
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October 17, 2022
Security Risk Advisors sponsors scholarships for ‘red team’ cybersecurity students
Security Risk Advisors, a cybersecurity consulting firm, is sponsoring $125,000 in scholarships for RIT students interested in “red team” cybersecurity, also known as offensive security. Security Risk Advisors has committed to annually sponsoring $25,000 in scholarships for the next five years.
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October 7, 2022
NTID Career Fair helps deaf, hard-of-hearing students and alumni find co-ops, full-time jobs
More than 30 employers returned to the RIT/NTID campus since the start of the pandemic to recruit a new cohort of talented deaf and hard-of-hearing students and alumni for open co-op or full-time positions.
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September 28, 2022
Justin Pelletier: Protect The Outside By Protecting The Inside
The Friendly Fire podcast interviews Justin Pelletier, director of the Cyber Range and Training Center in RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, about cybersecurity training and the importance of diversity and inclusion.
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September 27, 2022
Two RIT cybersecurity professors win Meta Research Awards
Yidan Hu and Ivan De Oliveira Nunes have each won Meta Research Awards for their cutting-edge cybersecurity research. The assistant professors of computing security are working to protect people’s safety on their augmented reality and smart devices.
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August 31, 2022
Best Accredited Colleges: Best Bachelor Degrees in Cybersecurity
RIT’s bachelor’s degree in computing security ranks No. 16 by Best Accredited Colleges.
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August 22, 2022
How Apple users can protect themselves from new security threat
WROC-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about a security flaw in some Apple products.