Professor and cybersecurity expert Wil Robertson discusses the impact of new measures the Obama administration is reportedly taking to combat cyberattacks and the challenges federal officials face in recruiting cyberspecialists.
Northeastern receives $4.5M award to train future cybersecurity workforce
Students in the information assurance program will receive training in both the technical sciences and the humanities through a scholarship program.
A new kind of pub crawl
Engin Kirda, the Sy and Laurie Sternberg Interdisciplinary Associate Professor for Information Assurance, developed new software for detecting and containing malicious webcrawlers.
3Qs: Fortifying the country’s mainframe
Assistant professor and cybersecurity expert Wil Robertson explains the growing threat of hackers targeting American military and infrastructure.
3Qs: Analyzing the cybersecurity threat posed by hackers
Themis Papageorge, an associate clinical professor of computer and information science, examines the cybersecurity threat posed by al-Qaida and Anonymous, a global group of hackers.
Northeastern designated by the NSA as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations
Cybersecurity curriculum will prepare select students for highly specialized jobs that investigate cybercrimes.
Cybersecurity and the new digital threats
As part of a Monday afternoon lecture on cybersecurity, Engin Kirda was installed as the inaugural Sy and Laurie Sternberg Associate Professor for Information Assurance.
Northeastern security expert testifies at congressional hearing
The cybersecurity threat represents one of the nation’s most serious economic and national security challenges, said Stephen Flynn, the founding co-director of Northeastern’s George J. Kostas Research Institute for Homeland … read more »
Students compete in cyberdefense challenge
Last weekend, Northeastern students competed against industry professionals and peers from 11 other schools in the Northeast Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
3Qs: Hackers turn PlayStation into pay station
In late April, a hacker crippled Sony’s PlayStation Network by stealing the names, home addresses and perhaps even the credit card numbers of some 70 million subscribers, who play and download games through the online service. Here, professor Engin Kirda assesses the impact of the attack.
Understanding the social side of cyber-security issues
Internet attacks offer intriguing research challenges for new professor, who will look at the user’s role in creating vulnerabilities
3Qs: Smart phones; smart users?
Reacting to survey that shows consumer complacency about smart phone security, computer science professor and wireless security expert assesses the risks
