Penn State Competitive Cyber Security Club

Meetings are Thursdays from 6-7 pm in room 206 IST.

New members are welcome at any time.

SRA Club needs leadership

The Security and Risk Analysis club is temporarily in an inactive mode and needs some student leadership to continue.

Needed are:

• president
• vice president
• treasurer
• secretary

Also a minimum of 10 members.

This club has been very active in the past.  Many members (especially the leaders) have received internships and full-time jobs based on contacts made through the club.

Those who step up receive big rewards in the end.

If anyone is interested in working to re-activate the club - please contact me (gms@psu.edu).  If there is interest we can work to get it back together.  

Deloitte Cyber-Threat challenge

  Deloitte is once again holding their Cyber Threat Challenge, but they  have moved the event to the fall.

Please let students know they are encouraged to attend the kick-off on Tuesday, Sept 1 at 5 pm in the Smeal Business Building 124.  If they cannot  attend the kick-off, all of the detail can be found here http://bit.ly/1KgDs4o

As a quick reminder, this is a three round challenge.  Rounds one and two will be held online.  From those events, the top four students will for the Penn State team and will compete in the live Cyber War games at Deloitte University in Westlake, TX, Expenses paid by Deloitte.

Our PSU team last year was – Brady Ripka, Jared Rittle, John Kissell, and a Harrisburg student Jeremiah Haney.  They placed fourth.

Last year the winners were from Univ. Of Southern Cal.

Please feel free to send any questions my way.  SHARE WITH ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED

IST Professional Expo

The IST Professional Expo is:

Monday, September 14, 2015, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
IST Building

This is THE professional networking event for IST students!  Be prepared to dress professionally, polish your resume, and start meeting representatives from dozens of companies and government agencies.

Our students are in demand!  The prize is the fun, well-paid, job that starts you on your way in your career.

This is your chance!  You will see more info on the Pro Expo in the coming days.  

Plan to be there! 

DHS is hiring more than 50 cybersecurity professionals

The Department of Homeland Security is hiring more than 50 cybersecurity professionals.

For more information see this document:

http://www.personal.psu.edu/gms/temp/Cybersecurity%20Jobs%20Flyer_FINAL.pdf

NSA Codebreaker Challenge

NSA Codebreaker Challenge

·         The challenge materials and instructions will be hosted at https://codebreaker.ltsnet.net/. 

·         The challenge will begin on Sept. 1st at midnight, and will end on Dec. 31st.

·         Prizes will be awarded to the first 50 students that complete the challenge nation-wide.  

·         Students should register for the site using their .edu email addresses.

·         Links to reverse engineering lectures and other learning materials can be found on the site

F    For more information see http://www.personal.psu.edu/gms/CodeBreaker%20Challenge%203_final.pdf

 

GE Security Day at Penn State

General Electric invites YOU to GE Security Day at Penn State on MONDAY AUGUST 31st from 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM in the IST Building. Come to learn about an introduction to cyber security at GE after graduation, hear from various security executives, get a chance to listen to women in GE discuss their career paths as women in the computing & security field AND get the opportunity to network with various General Electric recruiters and executives! We hope to see you there!

Agenda:

11:00-12:00: Introduction to Information Security @ GE – Second Floor Open Table

12:00-1:00: GE Security Panel – Open Q&A and Pizza Lunch – IST 209

1:00-2:00: Women in IST Panel Discussion – IST 209 – Teresa Zielinski, Sarah Gori, Cindy Hendrickson

1:00-3:00: 30-minute individual mentoring sessions (resume review, career discussions).  Students to sign up in advance – up to 5 slots available each half hour

Participants:
- Chris Catalano: Global Program Manager, GE ITLP (’04, IST)
- Teresa Zielinski: Executive Program Manager - Information Security, GE Power & Water
- Nate Arnold: CIO, Global Technology & Security, GE Transportation
- Chris Babie: IT Security Analyst, GE Power & Water
- John Yang: Information Security Lead Analyst (’13, MIS)
- Phil Trang: Lead Technical Project Manager - IT Risk & Cyber Security
-  Ulices Salazar: Event Analyst - Information Security
- Patrick Lunney: Project Manager - Product Development (’12, IST)
- Sarah Gori: Security Architect, Risk IT (’08, IST)
- Cindy Hendrickson: University Relationship Manager

Please reach out to either Lauren Zieziula (lez5038@psu.edu) or Jamie Dick (jmd6016@psu.edu) with any questions!

Research study looking for participants

Have you collected any kinds of personal health data either for yourself or for your loved ones? And have you shared the data with your clinicians? If so, we would like to invite you to participate in a Pennsylvania State University’s research study on Enhancing Patient-Clinician Communication through Self-Monitoring Data Sharing. We are recruiting patient participants for an interview study (in-person, Skype, or phone). Each participant will receive a $20 gift card.

To qualify,

- You should have experience in collecting personal health data outside clinic (e.g., sleep, diet, exercise) for yourself or for your loved ones (e.g., a parent tracking health data for his/her child) to manage a health condition;
- You should have experience in visiting the clinic to talk about the data to clinicians
- You should be able to share your self-tracking methods such as screenshots or photos of your tracking tools, collected data, or visualizations with us
- You do not have to be current patients.
- Age range between 18–65

If you meet the above criteria, and are interested in participating or want to learn more, please fill out the pre-study screener (https://docs.google.com/…/1E0Vn3g4FKa8ztT44QCtGRnN…/viewform). Should you have any questions, please contact Eun Kyoung Choe (echoe@ist.psu.edu). Thanks!

Last PSU Peace Corps Events of the Semester

     

The semester may be winding down, but there is still another chance to connect with a recruiter and Returned Volunteers before you leave campus. Join us at any of the events below to learn more about the Peace Corps and how it best fits into your life! Info Session – Life After THON! – Tuesday, 4/7, 5:30-6:30 pm 103 BOA Career Services Learn how you can make a difference on a global scale! Study Abroad to Work Abroad - Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Panel – Wednesday, 4/8, 5:30 pm 234 BOA Career Services Come speak with PSU RPCVs about their experiences studying and working abroad! PSU Education Abroad staff will be present to answer questions about study abroad opportunities - don't miss this event! Around the World Potluck – Tuesday, 4/14, 6-8 pm 103 BOA Career Services Don’t miss our annual ‘Send-off’ Party celebrating those who are heading off to service. Come enjoy host country dishes made by Returned Peace Corps Volunteers! Mark your calendar and take the first step in launching your international career!

IST Distinguished Lecture - April 10

Stephen José Hanson:
Brain Reading in the Human Visual Pathways: Why there is no FACE area in the brain


 Friday, April 10, 2015, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. 113 IST Building (Cybertorium) 


In this talk, I will present some basics of fMRI methods, and provide a tutorial context for the acquisition of the MR signal which will allow us to critically examine the evidence for a FACE area in the brain. Using the new methods for "brain reading" developed jointly with the Haxby Lab (MPVA/PD), we will show that the so called FFA is not sensitive to faces, per se; Nor is it homogenous in its stimulus response properties (even at very high spatial resolution); Nor is it independent in its function relative to the other areas of the brain that comprise an identifiable network which appears to do something other than "FACE" identification. In fact, we will show that the highly distributed nature of the computation in temporal lobe and throughout cortex is unlikely to support anything like a local module for a specific concept or category. Nonetheless, once the distributed encoding is properly decoded, basic categorical distinctions in the temporal cortex, such as Animacy, can be revealed.