Regarded as the greatest distinction bestowed upon only ten students of the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering each academic year, the Attributes of a Gator Engineer Awards recognize five undergraduate and five PhD students who exemplify the five qualities all… Read More
A Safer Cyberworld
Researchers in UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering such as Domenic Forte are developing new ways to keep us safe and secure in our increasingly digital lives.
Over 150 INTERNATIONAL CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS GATHER AT UF
While President Obama was signing executive orders on Tuesday to strengthen the government’s defenses against cyber security attacks and proposing a $19 billion budget for for IT upgrades and cyber initiatives in the coming year, the newly formed Florida Institute… Read More
Defending your Computer from Cyber – Attacks, Sun Tzu style
JANUARY 20, 2016, Daniela Oliveira , a professor in the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, thinks a bit of unpredictability could help outsmart malware. That’s the logic behind Chameleon, the operating system she’s developing with colleagues at… Read More
Chancellor Criser III and Donna Dodson Speak at the FICS Institute
On December 1, 2015, Ms. Donna Dodson, Deputy Cyber Security Advisor at NIST, accompanied by Chancellor Criser III, gave a presentation on “Cybersecurity and NIST” which explains the role played by NIST in research and development of technologies to provide protections for information… Read More
Safety tips for #CYBERMONDAY from UF Cybersecurity Experts
The researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research , or FICS, provide the highest level of expertise to government, industry and academia in all aspects of cybersecurity and assurance – including hardware, networks, mobile, Big Data, biometrics, Internet of… Read More
Prof. Patrick Traynor on Washington Journal: Cyberterrorism and Internet Threats
On November 17, 2015, Prof. Patrick Traynor participated in the Washington Journal’s “Sunshine State Tour” series and talked about the development of cybersecurity infrastructure, current cybersecurity challenges, and what government and the private sector can do to combat threats. He spoke from… Read More
Prof. Oliveira on Distinctive Voices, National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of engineering Public Science Lecture Series
Prof. Oliveira has delivered a lecture titled “Cybersecurity and Privacy and the Human Factors Behind It” as a part of “Distinctive Voices lecture series” , an initiative by National Academy of Sciences which highlights innovations, discoveries, and emerging issues in… Read More
FICS Researchers Investigate – Mobile money in developing countries: study reveals security flaws in apps
The developed world takes universal cashless payment systems for granted. From credit cards and online banking to massive scale business-to-business transactions, our modern economy is reliant on regular and instantaneous movement of funds. And for the most part, transactions are… Read More
US/Brazil Workshop organized by Prof. Oliveira
The US National Science Foundation (NSF), US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Brazil Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MCTI) are sponsoring a pair of invitation-only workshops that will promote innovation in solving cyber security and privacy problems, by… Read More