Newswise — NYIT’s annual cybersecurity conference features the largest-ever lineup of faculty cyber experts and guest alumni, academic, government, and industry speakers in the event’s six-year history.
The Sept. 24 conference at NYIT Auditorium on Broadway includes three panels focused on threats and innovations, protecting against attacks, and research frontiers in cybersecurity. The conference also includes a workshop on mobile security and a student poster competition. Register online.
NYIT President Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., will open the day-long event with remarks on the Internet of Things and new threats to and through cyberspace.
“We’ve designed this to be more of a forum than a purely academic research conference,” said School of Engineering and Computing Sciences Dean Nada-Marie Anid, Ph.D. “Attendees from the financial, health, and information technology sectors, government officials, businesses, and students can listen to the latest trends and pick up new ideas, tools, and approaches as they hear state-of-the-art developments in cybersecurity from leading experts in the field.”
Anid said two keynote speakers are among the day’s expected highlights. The first, Andy Ozment, Ph.D., assistant secretary in the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security, will discuss government programs and initiatives to protect infrastructure and companies from cyber attacks. The afternoon keynote speaker is Angelos Keromytis, Ph.D. of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
“We see breaches on a weekly basis and they are impacting millions of citizens,” Anid said. “That’s leading to a big demand in skilled engineers and computer scientists so the overall goal for our school is to prepare our students to meet the national demand for cyber talent.”
Anid said NYIT may work with West Point Military Academy to organize joint hacking exercises and information exchanges on cybersecurity topics.
The conference will close with a student poster competition, judged by a Homeland Security program manager who oversees cybersecurity education, an awards ceremony, and a reception.
Since NYIT held its first conference in 2009, it has introduced and increased its cybersecurity course offerings for undergraduate and graduate students. Last month, the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency authorized NYIT to open an Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Research Facility to serve the nation’s need for cybersecurity.
NYIT offers a concentration in Network Security for computer science and information technology majors in addition to a master’s program in Information, Network, and Computer Security, taught by faculty experts who have been awarded research grants in biometrics, swarm intelligence, cryptography, mobile, and cyber security. The M.S. program in Information, Network, and Computer Security is available in New York, and at NYIT’s Abu Dhabi and Vancouver campuses. Additionally, NYIT’s bachelor’s degree in Computer Science is approved by the Ministry of Education in Beijing, China. In addition, NYIT has received formal validation for various cybersecurity course offerings from the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS).
About NYITNew York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and osteopathic medicine. A non-profit independent, private institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 12,000 students attending campuses on Long Island and Manhattan, online, and at its global campuses. NYIT sponsors 11 NCAA Division II programs and one Division I team.
Led by President Edward Guiliano, NYIT is guided by its mission to provide career-oriented professional education, offer access to opportunity to all qualified students, and support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world. To date, nearly 100,000 graduates have received degrees from NYIT. For more information, visit nyit.edu.
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