"Khoury 'Women Who Empower' Winners Advance Cybersecurity, Pet Care Tools"
Alexis Musaelyan-Blackmon won first place in the "Powering Diverse and Inclusive Communities of Belonging" category of the third annual Women Who Empower Innovator Awards presented by Northeastern University. With an interest in harnessing data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and computational biology, Musaelyan-Blackmon came up with "Dephend," a play on the words "phishing" and "defend," to combat ever-evolving security threats. Dephend is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) security platform that, once deployed, provides real-time insights into cyber threats. Using Machine Learning (ML) algorithms, the platform continuously scans incoming URLs and content to identify phishing threats. The platform then displays its findings on an intuitive, user-friendly dashboard. Users can monitor system performance, view detailed reports, personalize security settings, and configure simple response actions to ensure effective threat mitigation. This article continues to discuss Northeastern University's Women Who Empower initiative and the work of this year's honorees.
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