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UWF Center for Cybersecurity participates in White House cybersecurity roundtable

University of West Florida — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:05:04 EST

Last week, UWF Center for Cybersecurity participated in The White House's Good-Paying Cyber Jobs for Veterans and Military Spouses Workshop, highlighting the center's CyberSkills2Work program.

Expert Available: Meta's $1.4B settlement with Texas in Privacy Lawsuit

George Washington University — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:00:49 EST

Meta agrees to $1.4B settlement with Texas in privacy lawsuit over facial recognition ...

Senate Passes Bills to Protect Kids Online

George Washington University — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 10:05:15 EST

AI 'hallucinations' tackled by University of Bristol researchers

University of Bristol — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:05:46 EST

Significant strides in addressing the issue of AI 'hallucinations' and improving the reliability of anomaly detection algorithms in Critical National Infrastructures (CNI) have been made by scientists based in Bristol's School of Computer Science.

New Integrated Risk Analysis Framework Enhances Cybersecurity for SMEs

Higher Education Press — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:05:32 EST

MARISMA is a risk analysis framework designed to improve cybersecurity for businesses by offering adaptive, real-time protection for digital assets against evolving threats.

NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur announce seven joint research projects launching their new partnership

NYU Tandon School of Engineering — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:00:34 EST

NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) have unveiled their inaugural roster of collaborative research projects, the first such initiatives under the partnership that NYU and IIT Kanpur established last year. The projects aim to advance fields including cybersecurity, biotech, AI, robotics, and wireless communications.

UWF awarded $320,210 to help students understand and prepare applications for security clearance

University of West Florida — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 10:15:00 EST

The Florida Defense Support Task Force awarded UWF $320,210 to develop a pilot program that helps students prepare security clearance applications and understand the process of applying for a security clearance.

Enhancing Cloud Data Security for Efficient and Private Queries with New Encrypt-Then-Index Strategy

Higher Education Press — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:05:04 EST

A novel encrypt-then-index strategy improves secure data queries on encrypted cloud databases, offering enhanced efficiency and privacy-preserving machine learning.

Mass layoffs and data breaches could be connected, according to researchers

Binghamton University, State University of New York — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 10:05:15 EST

A research team led by faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York has been exploring how mass layoffs and data breaches could be connected. Their theory: since layoffs create conditions where disgruntled employees face added stress or job insecurity, they are more likely to engage in risky behaviors that heighten the company's vulnerability to data breaches.

IT Outage Causes Issues Across the Globe: Cyber Resilience Researchers React

Loughborough University — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 16:05:32 EST

Andrew Peck, a cyber resilience PhD researcher at Loughborough University who, prior to joining the institute, had a career delivering IT solutions to big industry, healthcare and government, and Professor Oli Buckley, an expert in cyber security, have reacted to the IT outage news.

Massive IT outage exposes global dependence on few software platforms, cybersecurity expert says

West Virginia University — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:00:53 EST

Indiana University experts available to speak about global IT outage

Indiana University — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 15:40:44 EST

Expert Available: Global Computer Outage Disrupts Critical Infrastructure

George Washington University — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:00:10 EST

A major IT outage has impacted services worldwide, disrupting banks, hospitals and medical services, and critical infrastructure. ...

Expert Available: GW Travel Expert on the Thousands of Flights Cancelled or Delayed After Mass IT Outage

George Washington University — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:00:07 EST

A major IT outage has disrupted critical infrastructure services worldwide today. ...

DOE Announces $52 Million for Small Business Research and Development Grants

Department of Energy, Office of Science — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:05:05 EST

In support of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards totaling $52 million for a broad range of small businesses in 39 states.

Champion emerges in U.S. Department of Energy's 2024 CyberForce(r) Conquer the Hill(r) -- Reign Edition

Argonne National Laboratory — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:05:55 EST

Students from 77 colleges and universities raced to escape a five-level virtual escape room filled with cyber and energy-based challenges.

Gamification in workforce training: Improving employees' self-efficacy and information security and data protection behaviours

Elsevier — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:05:21 EST

Researchers use AI to make children safer online

Virginia Tech — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:05:30 EST

From the threat of "sextortion" to cybergrooming, children and teens face a growing range of online crimes, and three Virginia Tech researchers are working to make the digital world safer for them.

A simple firmware update completely hides a device's Bluetooth fingerprint

University of California San Diego — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:00:00 EST

A smartphone's unique Bluetooth fingerprint could be used to track the device's user--until now. A team of researchers have developed a simple firmware update that can completely hide the Bluetooth fingerprint, eliminating the vulnerability. The method was developed by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego.

Expert: Historic password breach creates public urgency for better password protection

Tulane University — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:05:44 EST