NSA Diversity in Intelligence event

           NSA Diversity in Intelligence event

·         Thursday, March 31, 3 pm to 8 pm.

·         (Van departs IST at 11 am and returns at 11 pm.)

This event fills up quickly.  Students need to apply early. 

We have set a deadline of February 22 for sign-ups.

Additionally,  we will provide a 10 passenger van to go to the event.  Students need to sign-up for this as well.

All of the information can be found in Compass.

Questions?  Contact careers@ist.spu.edu

PWC Hacking Corporate America case competition

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Forward Analytics, a company specializing in social media analytics, needs your help! 

Social media generates over 31% of traffic to external websites.

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Major corporations are starting to utilize this vast social media traffic to drive analytics that help develop strong marketing strategies and enhance their digital brand.

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​Assemble your own PwC team and compete in our Hacking Corporate America case competition to help 

support Forward Analytics and their mission to protect their data from growing cyberattacks and insider threats.

This is your chance to meet cool people while experiencing firsthand the complexity of juggling data and navigating megatrends.

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​You'll get an inside look into what happens and how we respond in the ever-changing world of information security.

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And who knows – you just may win some cash prizes and bragging rights along the way…

Competition launches on February 9th at 7pm in IST 205.  ​

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Teams will present to a PwC panel of judges on February 16th.

Interested in participating?

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Sign up individually, with a partial team, or with a complete team through the registration form below.

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You can also sign up at the official rally event on February 9th at 7pm in IST 205!

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Dress is casual.

Teaming requirements
+ 4 or 5 members

+ 1st (freshman) and 2nd (sophomore) year students in a 4 year program, with at least one 1st year student on every team

+ All members must have the intent to apply, have applied, or are currently enrolled in the College of IST or Engineering

​>> Sign up for Hacking Corporate America at pwc.to/hca <<​

Send questions to your our project lead - Joshua Buitrago (joshua.buitrago@pwc.com).

Good luck!

Security jobs for Students

The Office of Information Security is seeking to hire numerous Penn State students to fill wage payroll part-time positions. These positions are available now and could count for internship credit or for extra part-time experience.  Duties may include vulnerability scanning, threat detection and data loss prevention activities. Applications will be received on an ongoing basis and will be reviewed as the need arises. You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply. Please advise students to apply on PSU jobs. https://psu.jobs/jobs/keywords/61208   The position is listed under a Wage Payroll Position under the Office of President -Office of Information Security.   

Future Forum 2016

The IST Future forum will be held this Thursday, January 28, 2016,from

10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

 

Like the Pro Expo, this is an event where many companies and agencies come to IST to meet our students and hire them for jobs and internships.  If you do not already have a job be sure to polish your resume, wear your best clothes, get plenty of sleep, and be ready to professionally network.

IST Diplomats Leadership Academy

Applications are now open for the 2016-2017 IST Diplomats Leadership Academy class. We had a great fall semester with our most recent cohort of students and are excited to identify additional talented and enthusiastic students. As you know, this program enhances the current IST Diplomats outreach efforts by adding an academic component that focuses on developing vital leadership skills.

We are looking for students who are dynamic, charismatic, and meet the following criteria:

·         Are resident full-time undergraduate students in the College of Information Sciences and Technology, University Park campus.

·         Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

·         As of spring semester 2016, must be semester standing of  2,3,4,or 5.

·         Be highly motivated, enthusiastic, dependable, knowledgeable, and sincere in representing Penn State and the College of Information Sciences and Technology.

·         Be a University Park Student for at least one semester.

·         Be able to communicate clearly and articulately 

If you are interested, send Dr. Santoro an email at gms@psu.edu and your name will be forwarded to the application committee.

FBI Internships

The 2016 FBI Internship application window is OPEN and closes November 24, 2015

 

The FBI has opened the call for applications for the 2016 Honors and Cyber Internship programs and launched a new application process. All intern candidates must go to www.fbijobs.gov, register and complete a profile, and then select their profile to be added to the Intern Talent Network by November 24, 2015.

 

After selecting the Intern Talent Network, intern candidates must attach their résumés and answer suitability questions. Candidates are strongly encouraged to review the instructions for navigating the Intern Talent Network (attached) before beginning the process. Only those candidates in the network by November 24 will be considered for the 2016 program.

 

All educational backgrounds will be considered for the internships. To qualify for the Honors or Cyber Internship Programs, candidates must:

 

·         Be a second-semester freshmen or above; candidates cannot have graduated before June 13, 2016;

·         Be available 40 hours per week from June 13, 2016 to August 19, 2016 (10 weeks); and

·         Have a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA.

 The instructions for navigating the Intern Talent Network site are located at

http://www.personal.psu.edu/gms/temp/TA_Job_Aid_Intern_Talent_Network.pdf

Learning resurces for undergraduate students

It’s that time of the semester when students are thinking about scripting final course presentations, designing and creating media projects, and using technologies to enhance end-of-semester assignments. If your students need assistance with group or individual public presentations or with media technologies, consider advertising the following College and University resources:

College of IST Tutoring Program

https://learning.ist.psu.edu/Learning/Tutoring

Media Commons

http://mediacommons.psu.edu/

Tech Tutors

http://techtutors.psu.edu/

Undergraduate Speaking Center

http://speakingcenter.la.psu.edu/

Federal security clearance workshop

Former special agent, and Penn State graduate, Kevin Clark will hold a workshop on obtaining and keeping a Federal security clearance from 6-7:30 pm in room 208 IST on November 12.  This event is sponsored by the SRA Club but is open to all interested students, faculty and staff.

SIA Seminar: “Special Operation Forces, Cyber and the Gray-Zone fight” - Nov 12

US Army Colonel Patrick M. Duggan will present "Special Operation Forces, Cyber, and the Gray-Zone Fight" from 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. on  November 12^th in 116 Katz. Duggan has published several papers on cyber-enabled Special Operations and is the winner of the 2015 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Defense and Military Strategy Writing Award. COL Duggan was selected for command of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall-McNair in summer 2016 and is currently the SOF Fellow to the Strategic Land-power TF in the NCR.

NSA Day of Cyber

This is is an interactive, self-guided and fully-automated cyber career awareness platform.  It is free and registration is good for an entire year.

For more information go to

www.nsadayofcyber.com