…in May, Damon McCoy, an assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and a team…
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As Cities Get High-Tech, Hackers Become More Dangerous
…as once an hour. “It’s somewhat surprising it doesn’t happen more,” says Justin Cappos, a NYU computer science professor who…
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NYU Professor Finds $16 Million Impact of Ransomware
A recent study co-authored by NYU Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the Tandon School of Engineering Damon McCoy found that ransomware — a type of computer software which encrypts users’ files and does not return them unless payment has been made — has generated approximately $16 million from over 20,000 victims of...
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Optimal Cyber Insurance Policy Design for Dynamic Risk Management and Mitigation
Rui Zhang and Quanyan Zhu With the recent growing number of cyber-attacks and the constant lack of effective and state-of-art defense methods, cyber risks become ubiquitous in enterprise networks, manufacturing plants, and government computer systems. Cyber-insurance has become one of the major ways to mitigate the risks as it can transfer the cyber-risks to insurance...
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CYBERSECURITY LECTURE DEBUNKS MYTHS OF FIELD
NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Cybersecurity Lecture Series recently hosted the 10th lecture in its series, which brings together some of the top experts and tech professionals to speak on the latest advances and issues within cybersecurity. Now sponsored by finance and insurance corporation AIG, the lecture comes on the heels of recent global cyber-attacks...
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The True Cyber Crime? – Failing to Collaborate
Cybersecurity Quarterly – Spring 2018 By Nasir Memon, Associate Dean of Online Learning of NYU Tandon School of Engineering. With the exponential growth of the Internet of Things and the digital threats to our very democracy in the news on a daily basis, the need for cybersecurity experts is self-evident. … At New York University...
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Mayor De Blasio Announces NYC Secure, The City's First-Ever Cybersecurity Initiative To Protect New Yorkers Online
Public Now Mayor de Blasio today announced the launch of NYC Secure, a pioneering cybersecurity initiative aimed at protecting New Yorkers online. … ‘CyberCrime is sadly a part of our daily reality, and NYU Tandon is eager to continue its partnership with New York City and support Mayor de Blasio’s initiatives that help provide online...
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NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering appoints first female dean
Brooklyn Eagle For the first time in its 164-year history, the former Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn appointed its first female dean yesterday. Jelena Kovacevic was named dean of NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering by President Andrew Hamilton and Provost Katherine Fleming, effective Aug. 15. Kovacevic, who comes from Carnegie Mellon University — where she is...
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Marketing, Cyber Security Professors Weigh in on Cambridge Analytical Scandal
Washington Square News With all of Cambridge Analytica’s lapses, NYU Tandon professor Justin Cappos, who works heavily in cyber security, warns against placing too much of the blame on the data firm, which he likened to a robber and Facebook to a glaringly insecure bank. “Of course, what Cambridge Analytica did was bad but Facebook...