Posts Tagged ‘Cyber Security’

Grace Series Continues to Inspire and Foster a Stronger Community for Women in Tech Despite the gains that women have made in STEM careers, men still make up 73% of all STEM workers. In order to combat this issue and help foster a stronger community for women in tech, the UT Dallas Computer Science Department […]

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses How City of Dallas Can Better Protect Itself From Another Major Data Loss Via Fox 4 News (Dallas, TX) — The report released last week cost the city $500,000. The major conclusion is the city still has a lot of work to do to protect the city’s data. An attorney hired […]

Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu Discusses How Ukraine Invasion Raises Possibility of Additional Cyber Attacks in U.S. Via Fort Worth Report — Security experts are warning businesses large and small to take extra steps to protect information systems from possible cyber attacks in the wake of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Michael D. Moore, CEO of […]

Jonsson School Researchers to Debut Groundbreaking Cybersecurity Curriculum The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the U.S. will have a shortage of 500,000 or more cybersecurity talent in 2021. To help train cybersecurity professionals, Dr. Latifur Khan, professor of computer science and director of the Big Data Analytics and Management Lab at The University of Texas at […]

Dean, Cybersecurity Researchers Recognized in UT Dallas Investiture Ceremony Four faculty members in the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science were honored for distinguished academic careers at a virtual investiture ceremony. Endowed chairs and professorships are the highest academic award leadership of The University of Texas at Dallas can bestow on a faculty […]

UT Dallas Cybersecurity Expert Gives Tips for Fending Off Text Spam “Here’s a little gift!” “Congrats to 2 lucky users!” The texts keep coming, offering free stuff or warnings about fake package deliveries, suspicious account activity or overdue payments. But as curious as recipients might be, don’t take the bait, said Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu, Ashbel […]

IEEE Women in STEM with Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham Via IEEE – The Diversity and Inclusion Task Force presents Women in STEM, with Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair Professor of Computer Science and the Executive Director of the Cyber Security Research and Education Institute at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Bhavani has worked in integrating Cyber Security and […]

Thuraisingham Honored with a Special Recognition Award at IEEE Cyber Security Cloud Conference For Her Work on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cyber Security, Cloud and Data Science Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, Founders Chair Professor of Computer Science and Founding Executive Director of the Cyber Security Research and Education Institute, received the Special Recognition Award at […]

Dr. Kantarcioglu talks Cyber Security at Home with CBS11 VIA CBSDFW.COM – The family of a 9-year-old boy in Fort Worth is sharing their story after they say a hacker targeted him on their Amazon Kindle Fire and began asking for private information. “My fourth child was having some designated quiet time on his Kindle. The […]

TexSAW Virtually Celebrates its 10th Year Last fall, the UT Dallas Cyber Security Research and Education Institute (CSI), in conjunction with the UT Dallas Computer Science Department, virtually celebrated its 10th Annual Texas Security Awareness Week (TexSAW 2020). Each year, TexSAW brings together cybersecurity, computer science, and software engineering students from across Texas who are interested in […]