Master of Science in Security Informatics program students Jennifer Li and Kalyani Pawar joined over 45,000 attendees at the RSA conference held in San Francisco, CA from March 4-8, 2019. The IT security conference gathers cybersecurity industry experts from around the country and abroad to present research and share best practices. “Going to the RSA […]
ISI Technical Director Avi Rubin discusses home, medical, and IT device vulnerabilities during a recent podcast, Collective Intelligence.
Motherboard reports on a severe issue in a new Swiss internet voting system. Matthew Green, assistant professor of computer science, is quoted.
Cutting-edge research plays a key role in advancing the security and privacy of users across the Internet. To accelerate the next generation of security and privacy breakthroughs, Google has created the Security and Privacy Research Awards. In February 2019, Google announced that Matthew Green, cryptographer and assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University’s Information Security Institute, […]
ISI Lecturer Lanier Watkins and team demo their latest research on drone vulnerability at the Hopkins Campus during a recent podcast, Hackable. At first, the intention of the research was to expose issues so that manufacturers can create a safer drone, but now, the team has taken it a step further. As drones become more […]
Congratulations to Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute’s graduate student Yu-Tsern Jou who was recently awarded a $3,000 Ankura-Information Security Institute Scholarship. Jou is expected to graduate in December 2018 with a MS in Security Informatics. His research interest include cryptography and blockchain. Jou has accepted a software engineer position at Bloomberg and will start shortly […]
Wired reports on the massive hack affecting as many as 500 million customers who made a reservation at a Starwood hotel. Matthew Green, associate professor of computer science, is quoted.
Miami Herald reports that dozens of lawmakers in Congress use tracking tools on their websites to collect personal information about online visitors, despite the fact that those lawmakers are often vocal critics of privacy practices employed by social media companies like Facebook. Yinzhi Cao, assistant professor of computer science, is quoted.
The Information Security Institute’s graduate students won third prize and $2,500 at Raymond James’ annual Capture the Flag cybersecurity competition. On Saturday, October 27, 2018, the financial organization hosted the event at its headquarters in St. Petersburg, Florida. Graduate students representing 12 universities from around the country competed in the all-day cybersecurity challenge. Student teams […]
