News by Topic: Cybersecurity
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March 18, 2019
RIT wins regional collegiate cyber defense competition
A team of RIT cybersecurity students is heading to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) after taking first place at the regional competition March 15–17.
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March 12, 2019
These projects are using AI to fight misinformation
Poynter mentions an RIT project on automatically detecting “deepfake” videos.
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March 4, 2019
IBM interns find 19 vulnerabilities in corporate check-in systems
CyberScoop features Scott Brink, a fourth-year computing security student, for his work at IBM finding undisclosed vulnerabilities in the automated systems that companies use to check visitors into their facilities.
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January 28, 2019
How Apple’s FaceTime glitch allowed eavesdropping
WHAM-TV interviews Jonathan Weissman, senior lecturer of computing security.
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January 27, 2019
Two-Factor Authentication Might Not Keep You Safe
Guest essay by Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security, published in The New York Times.
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January 24, 2019
The Importance of Cyber Insurance for Businesses
Albawaba quotes Josephine Wolff, assistant professor of public policy and computing security.
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January 21, 2019
A conversation on Photonics for Quantum
Organizers of RIT’s Photonics for Quantum Workshop discuss the future of quantum technology.
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January 18, 2019
RIT readies for new Global Cybersecurity Institute
Site preparation is underway for RIT’s Global Cybersecurity Institute, a new wing of the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences that will help the university become a nexus of cybersecurity education and research.
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January 18, 2019
Graduate student receives prestigious Microsoft fellowship
Danielle Gonzalez, a computing and information sciences Ph.D. student at RIT, was one of only 10 outstanding doctoral students in North America selected to receive the 2019 Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship.
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January 14, 2019
Connections: Understanding new technologies and concerns about privacy
WXXI's "Connections" program features Stephen Jacobs, professor of interactive games and media, and Larry Torcello, associate professor, Department of Philosophy.
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November 5, 2018
Colleges battle at national pentesting competition
Stanford University took home the top trophy in the 2018 National Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition, held Nov. 2–4 at RIT. -
October 30, 2018
Colleges face-off at national pentesting competition
Students from the nation’s best colleges will use their hacking skills for good in the largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition, to be held Nov. 2–4 at RIT.