Women in Cyber Webinar

Women in Cyber Webinar

The White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) is pleased to host the Women in Cyber webinar on Saturday, March 23 at 9:00AM-1:00PM EST.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, this fully virtual event aims to empower the next generation of women in cyber by sharing White House leadership remarks and panel discussions of women in cyber across government, industry, academia, and non-profit domains.

Registration is limited, so we encourage attendees to register promptly following the RSVP link in the invitation.

White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD)

Capture The Flag 2023

Capture The Flag 2023

2023

It’s Time! Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. Be sure to check out sponsorship opportunities.

2023 Capture The Flag Event

Register Here: http://bluehens.ctfd.io/


What is CTF?

  • Capture the Flag (CTF) is a special kind of information security competitions. There are three common types of CTFs: Jeopardy, Attack-Defence and mixed.
  • Jeopardy-style CTFs has a couple of questions (tasks) in range of categories. For example, Web, Forensic, Crypto, Binary or something else. Team can gain some points for every solved task. More points for more complicated tasks usually. The next task in chain can be opened only after some team solve previous task. Then the game time is over sum of points shows you a CTF winer. Famous example of such CTF is Defcon CTF quals.
  • Well, attack-defense is another interesting kind of competitions. Here every team has own network(or only one host) with vulnerable services. Your team has time for patching your services and developing exploits usually. So, then organizers connects participants of competition and the wargame starts! You should protect own services for defense points and hack opponents for attack points. Historically this is a first type of CTFs, everybody knows about DEF CON CTF – something like a World Cup of all other competitions.
  • Mixed competitions may vary possible formats. It may be something like wargame with special time for task-based elements (e.g. UCSB iCTF).
  • CTF games often touch on many other aspects of information security: cryptography, stego, binary analysis, reverse engineering, mobile security and others. Good teams generally have strong skills and experience in all these issues.
Register Here

CONTACT INFO
Kenneth Barner and Nektarios Tsoutsos
cybersecurity-info@udel.edu

102 Evans Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-6937
W: ccap.udel.edu

Gold Sponsor:

Center for Cybersecurity, Assurance & Privacy

Bronze Sponsor:

mysherpa

Secure Delaware 2023

Secure Delaware 2023

We are pleased to announce Delaware’s 14th Annual Cybersecurity Workshop will be held on October 24th as an in person event in order to better encourage networking and a strong learning environment!
The conference continues to provide superior Cybersecurity training for Delaware’s citizens, businesses, students, and government employees.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN

Attend a full day of cybersecurity learning, meet industry vendors, and network with leading cybersecurity professionals.

October 24, 2023
8am-4pm EDT

University of Delaware
Clayton Hall
100 David Hollowell DR
Newark, DE 19716

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The 2023 Secure Delaware Cyber Workshop is an opportunity to come together for an informative full-day session focusing on cyber security. During this in-person event, industry experts on Cyber Security will present information on a variety of current cyber trends and topics.

The conference will include two keynote speakers along with additional unique cyber topics for the smaller group breakout sessions. Topics will range from the 2023 Cyber Security Threats and Trends and How-to Workshops to information on current legal and Insurance implications in the world of cyber! This conference offers opportunities to network and collaborate across all lines of government, business, and citizens, with the goal of strengthening our readiness and response posture.

Our 14th annual workshop will offer a great opportunity to learn from a lineup of expert speakers and will be the PREMIER Cyber Security Event happening in Delaware for 2023!

The workshop is brought to you by the Delaware Department of Technology and InformationDelaware League of Local GovernmentsDelaware Small Business Development Center, and the University of Delaware.

Check out last year’s event!

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Capture The Flag 2023

Capture the Flag

University of Delaware holds 2nd Annual Capture the Flag CompetitionCapture the Flag

The University of Delaware will host the 2nd annual Cybersecurity Games event October 28-30, 2022. Last year’s competition drew over 2,000 participants from more than 700 teams across the globe.

During the competition, teams attempt to overcome cybersecurity challenges in topics such as, binary exploitation, cryptography, forensics, reverse engineering, web, and Minecraft.  The knowledge required for preparation of this multi-channel event is vast, and teams not only win prizes for top placings, but bragging rights as well.  Individuals from all over the world make up the Capture the Flag (CTF) teams; consisting of high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, and cybersecurity professionals.

Teams test their skills in detecting and guarding against cyberattacks. In this CTF event, the participants portray themselves as an attacker and attempt to exploit vulnerabilities in the systems developed by the organizers, UD’s Center for Cybersecurity, Assurance and Privacy (CCAP).

Contestants will use software engineering programs to execute their attacks. Besides encouraging a healthy competitive atmosphere for students trained in this discipline, participants gain valuable knowledge and sharpen their skills to help bolster organizations’ infrastructures. Cybersecurity events, like the CTF competition, prepare students who are pursuing a career in cybersecurity.

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The University of Delaware has a vibrant, active cybersecurity research and education program. UD’s CCAP focuses on protecting cyberspace through innovative research, and preparing the next generation of security professionals through excellence in cybersecurity education.

UD is designated NSA/DHS National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.

Visit the Center for Cybersecurity, Assurance and Privacy (CCAP) or the Capture the Flag event page for more information.UD CTF event 2022

CONTACT INFO
Kenneth Barner and Nektarios Tsoutsos – cybersecurity-info@udel.edu
102 Evans Hall
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-6937
W: ccap.udel.edu

DIAMOND SPONSORS:

JPMorgan Chase & Co

 

Labware

 

 

GOLD SPONSORS:

techimpact

 

 

 

Capture The Flag

Capture The Flag

2022

It’s Time! Capture The Flag (CTF) competition. Be sure to check out sponsorship opportunities.

Call for Sponsors Handout

 


What is CTF?

  • Capture the Flag (CTF) is a special kind of information security competitions. There are three common types of CTFs: Jeopardy, Attack-Defence and mixed.
  • Jeopardy-style CTFs has a couple of questions (tasks) in range of categories. For example, Web, Forensic, Crypto, Binary or something else. Team can gain some points for every solved task. More points for more complicated tasks usually. The next task in chain can be opened only after some team solve previous task. Then the game time is over sum of points shows you a CTF winer. Famous example of such CTF is Defcon CTF quals.
  • Well, attack-defense is another interesting kind of competitions. Here every team has own network(or only one host) with vulnerable services. Your team has time for patching your services and developing exploits usually. So, then organizers connects participants of competition and the wargame starts! You should protect own services for defense points and hack opponents for attack points. Historically this is a first type of CTFs, everybody knows about DEF CON CTF – something like a World Cup of all other competitions.
  • Mixed competitions may vary possible formats. It may be something like wargame with special time for task-based elements (e.g. UCSB iCTF).
  • CTF games often touch on many other aspects of information security: cryptography, stego, binary analysis, reverse engineering, mobile security and others. Good teams generally have strong skills and experience in all these issues.

Read more about the competition and the event.

Degree of the Future

Degree of the Future

 Photo illustration by Joy Smoker 

Cybersecurity engineering undergraduate program coming to UD in Fall 2022

With digital devices infiltrating nearly every corner of our lives, from the way we communicate to how we bank to how we cast our ballots, making sure those systems are safe and secure has become more important than ever.

In recent years, Americans have witnessed first-hand what happens when safeguards on these digital devices fail. Just last year, hackers side-lined the nation’s largest fuel pipeline, bringing a vital supply chain to its knees and highlighting the real threat of cyberattacks.

Cybersecurity, once a niche focus for tech-focused minds, is now a critical part of our everyday lives. Earning cybersecurity certificates or studying the field as a minor will no longer cut it in today’s digital age.

To help fill that gap, the University of Delaware’s College of Engineering is among the leading academic institutions in the nation to offer a unique cybersecurity engineering degree starting in Fall 2022. The undergraduate degree will help train a much needed workforce that is in high demand now, and is expected to grow in the coming years.

“We are extremely excited to offer the new cybersecurity engineering degree, with a program that is designed to meet a major market and societal need, particularly in Delaware and the region in the financial and defense sectors,” said Jamie Phillips, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering where the new program will be housed.

A key strength of the program, Phillips said, is the combination of rigorous cybersecurity fundamentals along with the design and problem-solving skills that UD engineers are known for, thanks to the department’s design-infused curriculum.

“As a result, our graduates will not only have the important modern-day cyber skills, but also the expertise and mindset to analyze, design and build secure devices and systems,” he said.

In October 2021, the White House even emphasized the need for a “whole-of-nation effort to confront cyber threats.”

“Cyber threats can affect every American, every business regardless of size, and every community,” President Joe Biden, a UD alum, said in a statement issued by the White House. “The Federal government needs the partnership of every American and every American company in these efforts. We must lock our digital doors — by encrypting our data and using multi-factor authentication, for example — and we must build technology securely by design, enabling consumers to understand the risks in the technologies they buy. Because people — from those who build technology to those to deploy technology — are at the heart of our success.”

UD’s College of Engineering has anticipated this need for years and now is expanding its offerings with this specialized degree offering.

“We’re a leader in the game,” said Kenneth Barner, Charles Black Evans Professor of Electrical Engineering who, along with Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Nektarios Tsoutsos, was a driving force behind the new degree program. While at least two dozen other institutions, such as Purdue University, the University of Texas at Austin and the U.S. Naval Academy, offer cybersecurity degrees, UD will be among the earliest in the nation to offer a cybersecurity engineering program.

“We’ve been doing this kind of work for a very long time, and we already have a huge portfolio of programs that add to our expertise in this area,” said Tsoutsos. “The cybersecurity threats are real and we need to defend. Before you could do that and get away with an electrical engineering degree and a minor in cybersecurity. Now that doesn’t work anymore, and we were among the first to notice that.”

Just as computer engineering was a new field in itself only a few decades ago, the new cybersecurity engineering degree will provide a strong foundation that bridges math and science with a design-infused curriculum. Within the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as well as the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, students already can pursue a minor in cybersecurity, a master’s in cybersecurity or pursue professional certifications. More competitive students can then use their skills to participate year-round in hackathons and cyber games, even at a national level, in large part thanks to the resources available at the on-campus Innovation Suite (iSuite).

“To have a dedicated degree makes the graduates much more well-prepared to hit the ground running with an employer or pursue graduate studies,” Barner said. “This is not just a fad. These are the kind of skills that employers want and need.”

The engineering focus of this unique program means students will not just tackle theoretical coding challenges. They’ll be gaining hands-on skills that are desperately needed in today’s industry.

“Cybersecurity is one of the hottest areas in science, technology, engineering and math,” said Tsoutsos. “It’s not going to die out, and there is a major shortage of skilled labor in this area.”

Tsoutsos said that the cybersecurity field is growing by 7% annually, offering relatively stable job security for anyone willing to tackle the problems of the digital age. The United States is a leader in the field, and future students will have an opportunity to be on the forefront of future innovations in cybersecurity.

“I believe that the new cybersecurity engineering program will be wildly successful in attracting a diverse student population, and will meet an ever growing demand for talented professionals in Delaware, the region and beyond,” said Phillips.

To learn more or to enroll in this new program, go to ece.udel.edu/academics/undergraduate/cybersecurity-engineering-major.