UMBC Cybersecurity Institute
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UMBC's Cybersecurity Institute provides academic & research leadership, partnership, innovation & public outreach in cybersecurity, including the social, behavioral, operational, & economic elements. http://cybersecurity.umbc.edu #cyber
Alan Sherman, Enis Golaszewski, and Jeremy Romano talk about their work analyzing the design & implementation of the SecureDNA system, 12–1 pm EST Fri., Dec.12, online. This system enables DNA synthesizers to screen order requests against a database of hazards. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Alan Sherman, Enis Golaszewski, and Jeremy Romano talk about their work analyzing the design & implementation of the SecureDNA system, 12–1 pm EST Fri., Dec.12, online. This system enables DNA synthesizers to screen order requests against a database of hazards. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
UMBC Professor Charles Nicholas: Cybersecurity isn’t a trend. It’s a long-term need. As long as we use computers, protecting systems, data, & infrastructure matters. It's a career that’s challenging, relevant, and built for the long run. www.instagram.com/p/DSC853eE9Fm/
UMBC Professionals on Instagram: "Cybersecurity isn’t a trend. It’s a long-term need. #Cybersecurity
As long as we use computers, protecting systems, data, and infrastructure will matter. In UMBC’s A...
Cybersecurity is not just a trend, but a long-term need that requires expertise and hands-on experience. UMBC's Active Cyber Defense course provides students with the skills and knowledge to succeed i...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
UMBC Professor Charles Nicholas: Cybersecurity isn’t a trend. It’s a long-term need. As long as we use computers, protecting systems, data, & infrastructure matters. It's a career that’s challenging, relevant, and built for the long run. www.instagram.com/p/DSC853eE9Fm/
Watch a video of a talk by Ted Murphree, Manager of Security and Privacy Compliance at an international law firm and adjunct professor at UMBC-Shady Grove, and learn how everyday users can protect themselves from privacy and security risks.
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Cybersecurity & Privacy in the Age of AI | UMBC Cyber Speaker Series
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October 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Watch a video of a talk by Ted Murphree, Manager of Security and Privacy Compliance at an international law firm and adjunct professor at UMBC-Shady Grove, and learn how everyday users can protect themselves from privacy and security risks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmG1...
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Dr. Reetam Majumder of the Univ. of Arkansas lead a short course on AI for Statistical Analysis, 2:00-5:00 pm Fri., Oct. 31, 2025, in room 104 of UMBC's Math & Psychology building. It will give a hands-on introduction to deep learning models using the Keras package in R. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Dr. Reetam Majumder of the Univ. of Arkansas lead a short course on AI for Statistical Analysis, 2:00-5:00 pm Fri., Oct. 31, 2025, in room 104 of UMBC's Math & Psychology building. It will give a hands-on introduction to deep learning models using the Keras package in R. ai.umbc.edu/news/post/15...
Prof. Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi from UMBC's Math/Stat Department talks on Applications of Quantum Computing and Optimization in Cybersecurity, 12–1pm, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, online via Webex. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Prof. Mohammad Mohammadisiahroudi from UMBC's Math/Stat Department talks on Applications of Quantum Computing and Optimization in Cybersecurity, 12–1pm, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, online via Webex. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
UMBC's Dr. Richard Forno published an article in The Conversation on the impacts of the US federal government shutdown on cybersecurity, especially on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation’s leading civilian cybersecurity agency. umbc.edu/stories/fede...
Federal Shutdown Deals Blow To Already Hobbled Cybersecurity Agency - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
Richard Forno of UMBC explains how the federal shutdown is impacting U.S. cybersecurity.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
UMBC's Dr. Richard Forno published an article in The Conversation on the impacts of the US federal government shutdown on cybersecurity, especially on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the nation’s leading civilian cybersecurity agency. umbc.edu/stories/fede...
UMBC will host the 2026 Security Standardisation Research Conference (SSR) Dec. 13-15 in Baltimore. It covers existing standards, revisions, and new areas of standardization, such as post-quantum cryptography, fully homomorphic encryption, 6G wireless communication, and AI. ssresearch26.umbc.edu
Security Standardisation Research (SSR) Conference 2026
The Security Standardisation Research (SSR) Conference 2026 is the 10th iteration of the SSR conference series, launched in 2014. SSR 2026 will be held December 13–15, 2026, in Baltimore, MD, USA, hos...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
UMBC will host the 2026 Security Standardisation Research Conference (SSR) Dec. 13-15 in Baltimore. It covers existing standards, revisions, and new areas of standardization, such as post-quantum cryptography, fully homomorphic encryption, 6G wireless communication, and AI. ssresearch26.umbc.edu
WYPR's Midday show explored how AI is transforming the workplace, implications for different generations of workers, and rapid pace of these changes. Host Chideya talked with UMBC's Anupam Joshi & Jason Michael Perry, founder of Perry Labs. Listen here: bit.ly/WyprAI
How is AI reshaping careers and the jobs economy?
Midday guest host Farai Chideya explores the impact of AI on the workplace with Jason Michael Perry, founder of Perry Labs and author of The AI Evolution, and Dr. Anupam Joshi, the new Chief AI Office...
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June 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
WYPR's Midday show explored how AI is transforming the workplace, implications for different generations of workers, and rapid pace of these changes. Host Chideya talked with UMBC's Anupam Joshi & Jason Michael Perry, founder of Perry Labs. Listen here: bit.ly/WyprAI
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UMBC’s new myUMBC Answers service uses a generative AI system to answer questions from users about their personal and UMBC data and services. This January, UMBC cybersecurity students spent their break evaluating its accuracy & resiliency to attacks. This talk reports on the findings.
UMBC’s new myUMBC Answers service uses a generative AI system to answer questions from users about their personal and UMBC data and services. This January, UMBC cybersecurity students spent their break evaluating its accuracy & resiliency to attacks. This talk reports on the findings.
March 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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UMBC’s new myUMBC Answers service uses a generative AI system to answer questions from users about their personal and UMBC data and services. This January, UMBC cybersecurity students spent their break evaluating its accuracy & resiliency to attacks. This talk reports on the findings.
UMBC’s new myUMBC Answers service uses a generative AI system to answer questions from users about their personal and UMBC data and services. This January, UMBC cybersecurity students spent their break evaluating its accuracy & resiliency to attacks. This talk reports on the findings.
The International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence hosts an online seminar on the Security Challenges for Medical Devices, 8-9:30am ET Wed., March 26, 2025, with presentations by Jorge Blasco, Emil Lupu, and Phil Englert. my.umbc.edu/groups/cyber...
Three short talks on Security Challenges for Medical Devices
UMBC is a member of the International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, which will hold an online seminar on the Security Challenges for Medical Devices from 8-9:30 am on Wednesday, March 26,...
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March 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence hosts an online seminar on the Security Challenges for Medical Devices, 8-9:30am ET Wed., March 26, 2025, with presentations by Jorge Blasco, Emil Lupu, and Phil Englert. my.umbc.edu/groups/cyber...
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The activities of the Department of Government Efficiency have worried cybersecurity, national security, and IT experts. Dr. Richard Forno examines these in the context of cybersecurity and technology best practices. 12–1pm EDT Friday, March 14, 2025, online
The activities of the Department of Government Efficiency have worried cybersecurity, national security, and IT experts. Dr. Richard Forno examines these in the context of cybersecurity and technology best practices. 12–1pm EDT Friday, March 14, 2025, online
March 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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The activities of the Department of Government Efficiency have worried cybersecurity, national security, and IT experts. Dr. Richard Forno examines these in the context of cybersecurity and technology best practices. 12–1pm EDT Friday, March 14, 2025, online
The activities of the Department of Government Efficiency have worried cybersecurity, national security, and IT experts. Dr. Richard Forno examines these in the context of cybersecurity and technology best practices. 12–1pm EDT Friday, March 14, 2025, online
Justin M. Pelletier, Director of RIT's Cyber Range, talks on Fri, Feb. 28, from 12-1pm EST online. He'll cover the integration of AI with autonomous combat units, examining historical analogs & juxtaposing these with the contemporary role of AI in warfare. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
February 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Justin M. Pelletier, Director of RIT's Cyber Range, talks on Fri, Feb. 28, from 12-1pm EST online. He'll cover the integration of AI with autonomous combat units, examining historical analogs & juxtaposing these with the contemporary role of AI in warfare. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
UMBC CSEE cybersecurity expert Dr. Richard Forno discusses the dangers of violating protocols and regulations that protect government computer systems in this article from UMBC Magazine that originally appeared in The Conversation.
Is DOGE A Cybersecurity Threat? A Security Expert Explains The Dangers Of Violating Protocols And Regulations That Protect Government Computer Systems - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County
Richard Forno explains the dangers of DOGE violating security protocols that protect government computer systems.
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February 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
UMBC CSEE cybersecurity expert Dr. Richard Forno discusses the dangers of violating protocols and regulations that protect government computer systems in this article from UMBC Magazine that originally appeared in The Conversation.
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Shan Huang (UIUC) talks about her ongoing work evaluating how well today’s LLM systems understand and can reason about cybersecurity concepts using the CCI and CCA sets of evaluation problems. Her talk will be online from 12-1pm ET on Friday, January 31.
Shan Huang (UIUC) talks about her ongoing work evaluating how well today’s LLM systems understand and can reason about cybersecurity concepts using the CCI and CCA sets of evaluation problems. Her talk will be online from 12-1pm ET on Friday, January 31.
January 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Shan Huang (UIUC) talks about her ongoing work evaluating how well today’s LLM systems understand and can reason about cybersecurity concepts using the CCI and CCA sets of evaluation problems. Her talk will be online from 12-1pm ET on Friday, January 31.
Shan Huang (UIUC) talks about her ongoing work evaluating how well today’s LLM systems understand and can reason about cybersecurity concepts using the CCI and CCA sets of evaluation problems. Her talk will be online from 12-1pm ET on Friday, January 31.
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Professor Md Tariqul Islam of Syracuse University will talk about his research on securing distributed networks with multi-agent reinforcement learning and game theory, 10-11am EST on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in ITE 459 and online. #AI #cybersecurity
Professor Md Tariqul Islam of Syracuse University will talk about his research on securing distributed networks with multi-agent reinforcement learning and game theory, 10-11am EST on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in ITE 459 and online. #AI #cybersecurity
January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Professor Md Tariqul Islam of Syracuse University will talk about his research on securing distributed networks with multi-agent reinforcement learning and game theory, 10-11am EST on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in ITE 459 and online. #AI #cybersecurity
Professor Md Tariqul Islam of Syracuse University will talk about his research on securing distributed networks with multi-agent reinforcement learning and game theory, 10-11am EST on Thursday, January 30, 2025, in ITE 459 and online. #AI #cybersecurity
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𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗼𝘁 '𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲? is a free 2-day workshop sponsored by UMBC and the ARL on Feb. 25-26 at the UMBC Training Centers in Columbia, MD, & online. Register and optionally submit 3-page position papers by Jan. 20.
𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗼𝘁 '𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲? is a free 2-day workshop sponsored by UMBC and the ARL on Feb. 25-26 at the UMBC Training Centers in Columbia, MD, & online. Register and optionally submit 3-page position papers by Jan. 20.
January 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗼𝘁 '𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲? is a free 2-day workshop sponsored by UMBC and the ARL on Feb. 25-26 at the UMBC Training Centers in Columbia, MD, & online. Register and optionally submit 3-page position papers by Jan. 20.
𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗼𝘁 '𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲? is a free 2-day workshop sponsored by UMBC and the ARL on Feb. 25-26 at the UMBC Training Centers in Columbia, MD, & online. Register and optionally submit 3-page position papers by Jan. 20.
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The International Cyber Security Center of Excellence and Northeastern University invite university students at all levels to participate in the 6th International Country-to-Country (C2C) Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. Register by 2/1/2025.
The International Cyber Security Center of Excellence and Northeastern University invite university students at all levels to participate in the 6th International Country-to-Country (C2C) Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. Register by 2/1/2025.
December 24, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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The International Cyber Security Center of Excellence and Northeastern University invite university students at all levels to participate in the 6th International Country-to-Country (C2C) Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. Register by 2/1/2025.
The International Cyber Security Center of Excellence and Northeastern University invite university students at all levels to participate in the 6th International Country-to-Country (C2C) Capture the Flag (CTF) competition. Register by 2/1/2025.
The Chinese threat actor Salt Typhoon and its recent attack on US telecommunications networks has been called it the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history” and makes prior cyberattacks by Russian operatives look like “child’s play”. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
December 24, 2024 at 4:39 PM
The Chinese threat actor Salt Typhoon and its recent attack on US telecommunications networks has been called it the “worst telecom hack in our nation’s history” and makes prior cyberattacks by Russian operatives look like “child’s play”. cybersecurity.umbc.edu/home/news/po...
𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗼𝘁 '𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲? is a free 2-day workshop sponsored by UMBC and the Army Research Laboratory on February 25-26, 2025 at the UMBC Training Centers in Columbia, MD, and online. Submit 3-page position papers by January 7, 2025. bit.ly/CodeBot25
CodeBot '25: Can We Trust AI-Generated Code? 2/25-26
Can We Trust AI-Generated Code? Workshop sponsored by UMBC & Army Research Laboratory Feb. 25-26, 2025 UMBC Training Centers, Columbia, MD & online The era of generative AI is upon us,...
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December 24, 2024 at 4:28 PM
𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗕𝗼𝘁 '𝟮𝟱: 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗜-𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲? is a free 2-day workshop sponsored by UMBC and the Army Research Laboratory on February 25-26, 2025 at the UMBC Training Centers in Columbia, MD, and online. Submit 3-page position papers by January 7, 2025. bit.ly/CodeBot25