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Talk: Uncovering Insecure Designs of Cellular Emergency Services

UMBC Prof. Yiwen Hu, 12-1pm EDT Fri., Sept. 5, 2025 online

UMBC Assistant Professor Yiwen Hu will give a online talk on her research on the security of US 911 services from 12-1pm EST on Friday, September 5 as part of the UMBC Cyber Defense Lab biweekly...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 11:03 AM

headshot of UMBC professor Yiwen Hu

UMBC Receives $1M NSF Grant for its SFS Cybersecurity Program

Three year award will support five new Cyber Scholars

The National Science Foundation awarded UMBC a third grant to continue its Scholarship for Service (SFS) cybersecurity scholarship program directed by computer science professors Alan T. Sherman...

Posted: August 12, 2025, 12:25 PM

UMBC Cyberscholars

DoIT Student Digital Stories: Graduating senior William Brooks

Navigating Cybersecurity: Insights from a CS Major

UMBC DoIT has a post featuring graduating computer science major senior William Brooks, who has been working in DoIT's Cybersecurity Assurance and Digital Trust group. William describes his...

Posted: May 9, 2025, 10:15 AM

Talk: Charles Nicholas on Issues in Document Security, May 9

12-1pm EDT Friday, May 9, 2025, online

The UMBC Cyber Defense Lab Issues in Document Security Charles Nicholas, UMBC Joint work with Robert Joyce, Ran Liu, Edward Raff, Maksim Eren, Rick Forno, and Cynthia Matuszek 12–1pm...

Posted: May 5, 2025, 2:49 PM

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Graduating Computer Science senior Ethan Cheung

Journey to Cybersecurity: From DoIT to MITRE

UMBC’s Department of Information Technology (DoIT) has a post and video on graduating computer science senior Ethan Cheung. For several years, he worked as an intern as part of DoIT's...

Posted: May 3, 2025, 10:29 AM

talk: Adaptive Domain Inference Attack with Concept Hierarchy 4/11

12-1pm EDT Friday, April 11, 2025, online

Adaptive Domain Inference Attack with Concept Hierarchy Professor Keke Chen, CSEE, UMBC 12–1pm Fri., April 11, 2025 online  Joint work with Yuechun Gu and Jiajie He To appear, 2015 Int. Conf....

Posted: April 9, 2025, 2:54 PM

TowerCares donation supports UMBC Cyber Scholars program

Gift of $300,000 for a new cybersecurity scholarship fund

Cyber threats, ransomware, and data breaches have become daily realities in our increasingly digital world. Despite the surge in cyberattacks and cybercrime, Maryland faces over 24,000 unfilled...

Posted: March 25, 2025, 12:12 PM

Talk: Formal Methods or Usable Security: Why Not Both?

McKenna McCall, 11:45 ET, Monday, Feb 17, ITE325

Formal Methods or Usable Security: Why Not Both? McKenna McCall, CMU 11:45-12:45 Monday, Feb 17, UMBC ITE 325 and online Formal methods research involves using mathematical techniques to...

Posted: February 16, 2025, 9:19 AM