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Department of Cybersecurity
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March 11, 2022
How Apple's FaceTime glitch allowed eavesdropping
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about a security issue with FaceTime.
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March 8, 2022
ESL Federal Credit Union makes $3 million commitment to name ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
RIT’s world-class home for cybersecurity has a new name. On March 8, RIT and ESL Federal Credit Union jointly announced an exclusive naming rights partnership for the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute at RIT.
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March 5, 2022
Midstater was on guard, but a thief emptied his account anyway
WHTM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about scam phone calls to get users’ bank account information.
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February 24, 2022
Russian invasion on Ukraine may impact Rochester residents and businesses
WHAM-TV talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about how Russian scammers could target people through email or Facebook.
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February 24, 2022
Professor Weissman On Russia & Cyber Security
The DiTullio and Moran radio show, on WAIO-FM (95.1), features Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, discussing Russian cyberattacks.
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February 7, 2022
Midnight Waves takes top honors in Ovation
Midnight Waves, a band formed by RIT students last semester, were named overall winners of Friday’s Ovation: RIT Performing Arts Showcase with its Latin/jazz combo performance of “The Tiger of San Pedro.”
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February 4, 2022
Ersin Uzun named executive director of RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute
Ersin Uzun, former vice president and head of Global Internet of Things (IoT) Business at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and Xerox, has been named the Katherine Johnson Endowed Executive Director of RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute.
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January 31, 2022
Students take home top prizes at collegiate competitions
For RIT students, the learning doesn’t stop when classes end. In 2021, three student teams took what they’re learning and used it to win national and international competitions in cybersecurity, racing, and design.
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January 10, 2022
World’s best cybersecurity students battle at Collegiate Pentesting Competition in Rochester
A team of Cal Poly Pomona students took home the top trophy at the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) global finals Jan. 6-9. Stanford placed second and Tennessee Technological University placed third.
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January 5, 2022
Pa. admits ‘sophisticated’ unemployment hack. Cyber expert: scheme not ‘sophisticated at all.’
ABC27 News talks to Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry's recent cyberattack.
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December 7, 2021
Amazon web outage leads to inconvenience for some in the area
WHAM-TV talks with Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security, about Amazon Web Services.
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December 1, 2021
From floppy disks to the cloud
In 2001, the dot-com bubble was bursting and investors had lost confidence in internet companies. Twenty years later, data has become a new currency, and people can access just about anything from their smartphones. Throughout all these changes, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences has evolved into the largest college at RIT, with more than 4,600 students this year. Since its creation 20 years ago, GCCIS has awarded more than 14,000 degrees—in a growing number of computing disciplines.