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Cybersecurity MS
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January 29, 2024
The AI trust deficit
Politico talks to Matthew Wright, department chair, Department of Cybersecurity, about AI voice cloning technology and its impact on the upcoming election.
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January 26, 2024
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission confirms ‘SIM-swapping’ X account hack
WHTM-TV interviews Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about SIM-swapping attacks.
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January 17, 2024
Top cybersecurity students attack at RIT’s Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition
The world’s greatest collection of cybersecurity talent assembled at RIT Jan. 11-14 for the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) global finals. The annual event wrapped up the largest offense-based cybersecurity competition for college students, which is hosted annually by RIT.
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December 21, 2023
Is It the End of the Password?
Discover magazine talks with Jonathan Weissman, principal lecturer in the Department of Cybersecurity, about how passkeys are making passwords obsolete.
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December 13, 2023
Best cybersecurity students on the globe battle at pentesting competition finals
The best new talent coming into the cybersecurity industry will battle for a championship trophy at the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition global finals, held Jan. 11-14 at RIT.
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December 6, 2023
Generative AI is changing education
Like many fields, the world of academia is wrestling with the challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI tools. While a few K-12 school districts, international universities, and businesses have attempted to ban the use of AI tools, RIT is acknowledging that it’s here to stay and can be used as a force for good.
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December 6, 2023
RIT Esports wins national collegiate ‘Counter-Strike 2’ championship
RIT's Counter Strike 2 team won the 2023 Grand Finals of the National Association of Collegiate Esports (NACE) Varsity Premier league—the most competitive league that NACE offers. This is RIT’s eighth national championship in esports.
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November 27, 2023
Students find community through RITSEC cybersecurity club
RIT students can unlock a community through the university’s cybersecurity club, RITSEC. As one of the largest collegiate cybersecurity clubs of its kind, RITSEC helps make RIT a top place for cybersecurity education, training, and research.
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November 17, 2023
Billy Brumley named new Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity
Billy Brumley has been named the Kevin O’Sullivan Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity at RIT. As part of RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute and Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Brumley will contribute to the university’s growing cybersecurity research profile and lead expertise in side-channel attack analysis.
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November 15, 2023
NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service recipient educates Rochester students and seniors on cybersecurity
As a recipient of the NSF CyberCorps Scholarship for Service (SFS), fifth-year student Jaime Campanelli has dedicated herself to educating the public about cybersecurity. Students in the CyberCorps SFS program work for the U.S. government in information protection and assurance roles following their graduation.
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October 6, 2023
RIT becomes one of the first universities to receive support from Google’s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund
RIT is receiving $500,000 from the Google Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to train new cybersecurity professionals, while providing services for public good at the same time. The funding from Google.org, the company’s philanthropic arm, is part of a $20 million collaboration with the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics that Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, announced in June.
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September 18, 2023
Dr. Billy Brumley named new Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity at RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
Decorated researcher brings leading work in system security, cryptography engineering, and side-channel analysis.