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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Week 3 and Week 4
Author: Jeslyn Guo October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! In our previous article (make this a link to the previous article), we detailed the history behind this national event. Additionally, we discussed critical information about Week 1: Be Cyber Smart...
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Author: Jeslyn Guo As October rolls around, it’s once again time for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In 2021, we celebrate the eighteenth year that this national campaign has been run in an effort to increase awareness about the importance of cybersecurity....
What is Ethical Hacking?
Author: Jeslyn Guo Ethical hacking is an authorized attempt to gain access to a computer system, network, or device. Ethical hackers, commonly known as white hat hackers, attempt to replicate the methods and actions of malicious hackers and help to identify...
Life Saving Technology: Medical Device Security
Author: Jeslyn Guo Advanced medical devices have increasingly become connected to hospital networks and the internet. While these high-tech devices come with many benefits and have greatly improved healthcare, they also come with cybersecurity risks. There are a few...
What is the Internet of Things?
Author: Jeslyn Guo The Internet of Things (IoT) is a popular topic in technology today, particularly pertaining to machine learning and data. As the name would suggest, the IoT is a network of physical objects, known as “things”, that have software and other...
Career Spotlight: Cybersecurity Engineer
Author: Jeslyn Guo Today, cybersecurity is of utmost importance. Businesses and organizations are constantly looking to increase their system security by hiring individuals with cybersecurity knowledge. With the rise of cybercrime and increasing online data, there are...
2021 WiCyS Conference
Author: Annabelle Klosterman Earlier this month, I attended the 2021 Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) conference. The WiCyS Conference was a 3-day event held in Denver, Colorado. It was full of keynotes, workshops, presentations, networking, career opportunities, and so...
Cryptocurrency and Cybersecurity
Author: Jeslyn Guo Cryptocurrency is a digital form of currency that can be used to buy goods and services online. You might have heard about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, which are growing in value and increasingly a topic of discussion. Essentially,...
Opinion: Why are Women kept out of Computer Science?
Author: Jeslyn Guo Today, women make up only 28% of the workforce in science, technology, engineering, and math. Although women make up about half of the workforce, STEM fields are still mainly male-dominated. In computer science, this gap is exacerbated, with women...
Everything you need to know about a career in Cybersecurity
Author: Jeslyn Guo Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting computer systems against unauthorized access and can involve protecting computers, networks, and data from hackers. The cybersecurity industry is only expanding as we evolve in an era of digital data. The...