The Joint Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems Security and Privacy & IoT Security (CPSIoTSec’20) will stream on November 9, from 10:00 to 5:30 p.m. The workshop, which is part of the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security 2020, will feature presentations in three sessions, including one devoted to case studies and demonstrations. The program is...
Author: Lois Anne DeLong (Lois Anne DeLong)
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Tandon Researchers Warn: 3-D Printed Materials are Vulnerable to Learning-Assisted Reverse Engineering Techniques
An October 1, 2020 article in Materials Today carries a warning about the burgeoning use of additive manufacturing technologies: the very ease of manufacturing composite parts via 3D printing also makes it very easy for counterfeiters to copy parts and to steal trade secrets from them. The story reports that creative hackers have been using...
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Media Seeks out Tandon’s “Transparency” Experts as 2020 Election Grows Near
For the past few years Dr. Damon McCoy, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon, and Ph.D. candidate Laura Edelson have been shedding light on the people behind political advertising through the Online Political Transparency Project of the Center for Cybersecurity. In doing so, both have become sought after commentators in...
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ZScaler Shares Access to its Zero Trust Exchange with NYU Cyber Fellows Program
Thanks to a new partnership with Zscaler, a San Jose-based cloud security company, participants in NYU Tandon’s Cyber Fellows program will be able to gain practical, first-hand knowledge of secure access service edge (SASE) and zero trust best practices. Under the terms of the partnership, students in the Master’s level cybersecurity program will be able to...
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Tandon Researchers Advance Transparency in Political Advertising with “Observatory” Launch
For the past few years Dr. Damon McCoy, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at NYU Tandon, and Ph.D. candidate Laura Edelson have been shedding light on the people behind political advertising through their work on the Online Political Transparency Project . Building on this previous work, NYU Tandon announced on September 15 the...
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Cappos Affirms Need for Secure Software Updates in Several Media Appearances
NYU Tandon Associate Professor Dr. Justin Cappos has been called on a number of times in the past few weeks to comment on cybersecurity issues, from the impact of children returning to remote learning to ongoing concerns about potential attacks on automotive control units. While the news hook for each of these media appearances varied,...
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CCS Faculty Awarded NSF Grant to Develop Container Security Strategy
Dr. Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at NYU Tandon, will serve as principal investigator on a $1.2 million dollar grant recently awarded by the National Science Foundation. Under the four-year grant, Dolan-Gavitt will work with his CSE colleague, Dr. Justin Cappos, to develop a strategy to secure containers...
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Tandon Ph.D. Candidate Edelson Speaks out on Transparency in Political Advertising
As the 2020 Presidential election edges closer, Laura Edelson, a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering at NYU Tandon finds herself much in demand. Because of her work as lead researcher with the Online Political Ads Transparency Project, Edelson has been called on several times over the summer to serve as a panelist and/or...
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Tandon Ph.D. Student Launches Virtual Cybersecurity Mentoring Program for Nepali Undergrads
Prasant Adhikari, a Ph.D. student at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, spent his summer in a rather unusual way. He put together and helped to run an online modular instruction program in cybersecurity for undergraduates in Nepal. The program, dubbed Gajabaar after the horizontal wooden bar that secures doors in traditional Nepali houses, offered...
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CyberSTRIKE Exercise Shows Off NYC Resilience
The annual Cyber Simulated Threat Response and Incident Knowledge Exercise, or Cyber STRIKE, conducted in conjunction with New York City Cyber Command, took on a slightly different twist this year. The training exercise, completed by a team of Cyber Fellows from the NYU Center for Cybersecurity, used a city-run cyber range to test their ability...