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"New Sandboxing Approach in Web Browser Increases Security"A team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California San Diego, Stanford University and Mozilla, developed a new approach to securing web browsers. The approach, called the RLBox framework, moves some browser code…
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"Pentagon Adopts New Ethical Principles for Using AI in War"The Pentagon's push to speed up its AI capabilities has caused many tech companies to fight over a $10 billion cloud computing contract known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure or JEDI. Because of the Pentagon's push to speed up their use of…
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"A Human-Machine Collaboration to Defend Against Cyberattacks"Cybersecurity analysts' tasks aimed at stopping cyberattacks before they cause any damage are data-heavy, thus increasing the adoption of machine learning (ML) and systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to help perform such tasks. However,…
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NSA Seeking Proposals from Colleges on ScholarshipsNSA is looking for colleges and universities to apply to enter in Educational Partnership Agreements with NSA to increase participation of underrepresented minorities in STEM as part of its OnRamp II program. The deadline is April 10, 2020. Full details…
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‘Trust Nothing’: As Breaches Mount, a Radical Approach to Cybersecurity Gains FavorCompanies are starting to adopt a zero trust approach when it comes to cybersecurity. In the past, technology to make zero trust security practical has been too immature, and the disruption too risky for most organizations to consider. However,…
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Cybersecurity Snapshots #3 - Airports and Airlines Severely Lack Good Cybersecurity PracticesCybersecurity Snapshots #3 - Airports and Airlines Severely Lack Good Cybersecurity Practices
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Cyber Scene #41 - Cybersecurity Yesterday, Today, and the Great BeyondCyber Scene #41 - Cybersecurity Yesterday, Today, and the Great Beyond
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Pub Crawl #35Pub Crawl summarizes, by hard problems, sets of publications that have been peer reviewed and presented at SoS conferences or referenced in current work. The topics are chosen for their usefulness for current researchers.
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"Cloud-Enabled Threats are on the Rise, Sensitive Data is Moving Between Cloud Apps"In a new study, researchers found that 89 percent of enterprise users are in the cloud, actively using at least one cloud app every day. Overall, the average enterprise uses over 2,400 distinct cloud services and apps. The top 5 cloud app categories used…
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NSA SoS Researcher Wins AwardNSA Researcher, a familiar face at SoS meeting, Dr. Ahmad Ridley was presented with the 2020 Black Engineer of the Year Science Spectrum Trailblazer Award. “Hopefully, I, as an African American male in STEM, can inspire students who do not often see…
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"How Bad Are Cyberattacks for the Economy? This Professor Helped the White House Assess the Damage"Anna Scherbina, an associate professor of finance at Brandeis International Business School, served as a senior economist on the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) from 2017 to 2019. CEA is responsible for advising the president of the United States on…