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UMGC Announces Cybersecurity Scholarship Program Award Recipients
June 03, 2020
UMGC has awarded scholarships to three students through the Department of Defense (DoD) Cybersecurity Scholarship Program (CySP).
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Staying Cybersafe During the Coronavirus Crisis
April 07, 2020
Faculty members from UMGC School of Cybersecurity and Information Technology offer their recommendations for staying safe during these uncertain times.
UMGC Selected for National Cyberwatch’s 2020 Innovations in Cybersecurity Education Program
April 03, 2020
The National Cyberwatch Center, a consortium of higher education institutions, businesses and government agencies focused on advancing information security education, has selected UMGC for inclusion in its 2020 Innovations in Cybersecurity Education program.
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GenCyber Campgoers Take Their Training to the Classroom
March 04, 2020
It's Paying Dividends For Washington, D.C., area high school teachers Helene Johnson and Lorraine Lloyd, the GenCyber Teacher Camp they attended has been a real game-changer. Johnson, a computer and cybersecurity teacher at Suitland Senior High School in District Heights, Maryland, and Lloyd, a cybersecurity teacher at Loudoun Valley High School...
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Cyber Threats Are Testing Liberal Democracies, Says NSA's Barnes
January 29, 2020
The United States and its democratic allies are in a struggle with autocratic powers that are using cyberattacks to undermine elections and to steal technology secrets as well as money to underwrite their regimes, said George Barnes, the deputy director of the National Security Agency, in his Jan. 21 address to the Maryland Cybersecurity Council.
UMUC's Ben Heise Finished Third In National Cyber League Competition
February 11, 2014
Ben Heise, a junior majoring in computer networks and security at University of Maryland University College (UMUC), recently finished third nationally in the National Cyber League’s (NCL) fall 2013 individual competition.
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University of Maryland University College Takes Top Undergraduate Spot In 2013 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge
December 16, 2013
A team of undergraduate students at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) finished atop the standings for their category in the 2013 DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge, an international competition that attracted some of the brightest minds in the cybersecurity business.
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University of Maryland University College Sweeps Maryland Cyber Challenge
October 11, 2013
UMUC swept both divisions of the Maryland Cyber Challenge yesterday, capturing first place in the collegiate and pro divisions. The cyber security competition was part of the third annual CyberMaryland conference held at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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UMUC Sweeps Maryland Cyber Challenge Competition
October 11, 2013
University of Maryland University College (UMUC) swept both divisions of the Maryland Cyber Challenge yesterday, capturing first place in the collegiate and pro divisions. The cyber security competition was part of the third annual CyberMaryland conference held at the Baltimore Convention Center.
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Maryland, My Cyber Maryland
September 09, 2013
The name of the Maryland state song—“Maryland, My Maryland”—hasn’t changed. But today, it seems the title of the old battle hymn ought to include cyberspace, as Maryland quickly evolves into the epicenter of the nation’s booming cybersecurity and information assurance industries.
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Strong Defense Not Enough To Secure U.S. Cyber Space, Says Cohen
April 10, 2013
Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen says America must rely on much more than defense mechanisms to protect the United States in cyber space. It must be prepared to go on the offensive against hackers and attackers who threaten the nation’s vital infrastructure.
NSA Official Tells UMUC Students About Growing Cybersecurity Threats
March 29, 2013
“It is imperative for the government to rein in technology firms and their “surveillance economy” that stifles economic development and threatens democracy,” Harvard Business School professor Emerita Shoshana Zuboff told the Maryland Cybersecurity Council. She said there must be regulation over how these huge firms collect private data from individuals and sell it.
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