Electrical and Computer Engineering – Page 2

On March 19, 2015, FIU was designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education through academic year 2019 by the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Winners of the 2014 Cybersecurity Leadership and Innovation Awards have demonstrated they are serious about cybersecurity defense by putting into place systems, practices and policies that keep information safe for citizens.

Florida International University (FIU)’s commitment to cybersecurity is evidenced by their tackling of data loss prevention on an enterprise level with McAfee’s ePO (e Policy Orchestrator) and their implementation of a successful BYOD (bring your own device) secured wireless network for 30,000 devices daily. Additionally, FIU’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of the first public universities in the U.S. to offer undergraduate and graduate programs with a cybersecurity concentration.

http://www.govtech.com/security/2014-Cybersecurity-Leadership-and-Innovation-Awards.html

Experts talk cyberattacks on business, lead live ‘hack’

The “Hack” As part of the event, Selcuk Uluagac, assistant professor at the College of Engineering & Computing and director of the Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab, led three cybersecurity demonstrations. Joined by doctoral students Amit Kumar Sikder, Leonardo Babun and Abbas Acar, the team showed how hackers can abuse smart devices. In the…

Posted on December 21, 2017January 15, 2019 by Alberto Oria by Alberto Oria

CyberCorps pays for students’ education, gives them job opportunities

Leonardo Babun can’t wait to face challenging cybersecurity projects once he graduates. And thanks to a new scholarship-for-service program that gives him the necessary tools and training to be successful, he’ll have multiple opportunities to work for the U.S. government. Ten years ago, Babun – a doctoral student in the Department…

Posted on October 20, 2017January 15, 2019 by Alberto Oria by Alberto Oria

FIU to offer first Internet of Things degree in U.S.

Smart watches, smart phones, many home security systems and autonomous vehicles: The Internet allows them to communicate with each other and together they make the Internet of Things (IoT). Starting in the spring of 2018, FIU will be the first university in the nation to offer a bachelor’s degree in…

Posted on June 27, 2017January 15, 2019 by Alberto Oria by Alberto Oria