Texas A&M Cybersecurity Events
Fall Career Fair Networking Event
Are you a Cybersecurity Student looking for an internship, job for after graduation, or just want to talk with companies to find out more about what they are doing in cybersecurity? The Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center will be hosting a “Cybersecurity Career Fair Networking Social” on Wednesday September 6th! This is your chance to talk with professionals working in the real world in Cybersecurity.
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Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center holds inaugural GenCyber Teach the Teachers Camp
The Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center held the inaugural GenCyber Teach the Teachers camp June 19-23. The GenCyber program sponsors summer camps across the nation designed for elementary, middle and high school teachers that focus on engaging learners with sound cybersecurity principles and teaching techniques.
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Aggies Invent “SOCOMM”
From October 13-15 Aggies Invent will host “SOCOMM” (Special Operations Command), a 48-hour challenge at the Engineering Innovation Center.
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Aggies Invent “Bring Your Own Idea”
From September 1-3 Aggies Invent will host “Bring Your Own Idea,” a 48-hour challenge at the Engineering Innovation Center.
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Cyber Campers Hear from the Experts: Opportunities Abound in Self-Driving Vehicle Research
Despite the belief that fully autonomous cars and 18-wheelers will be commonplace by 2025, a researcher with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) told high school students attending a technology and engineering camp that concerns over liability and policy could delay the widespread implementation of self-driving vehicles.
“I don’t think it will happen in my lifetime, but it probably will happen in your lifetime,” Mike Lukuc, head of TTI’s Connected and Automated Transportation group, told the 14- to 18-year-old students attending the Cyber Innovation Camp.
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TAMU Participates In Nation’s First NSF and NIJ Jointly-Supported Forensic Science Center
Two faculty members from the Department of Entomology are taking the lead in Texas A&M’s participation in a newly formed Center for Advanced Research in Forensic Science (CARFS) funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and its government and industrial partners.
The new center will include a focus on digital forensics and data analysis alongside more traditional forensics subjects.
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Texas General Counsel Forum
Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center Director Dr. Daniel Ragsdale was featured on a panel discussing “what general counsel need to know about cybersecurity” for the Houston Chapter of the Texas General Counsel Forum.
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Dallas County Worries Russian Hackers Targeted Election System
With recent news that Russian hackers targeted the Dallas County web servers in the run-up to last November’s election, Cybersecurity Center Director Dr. Daniel Ragsdale discusses ways that local, state, and federal entities can cooperate and implement standards to ensure that election systems remain secure.
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Many firms hit by global cyber-attacks
Firms around the globe are reporting they have been hit by a major cyber-attack. Ukrainian firms, including the state power distributor and Kiev’s main airport were among the first to report issues.
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Dallas County Worries Russian Hackers Targeted Election System
With recent news that Russian hackers targeted the Dallas County web servers in the run-up to last November’s election, Cybersecurity Center Director Dr. Daniel Ragsdale discusses ways that local, state, and federal entities can cooperate and implement standards to ensure that election systems remain secure.
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U.S. Power Companies Warned ‘Nightmare’ Cyber Weapon Already Causing Blackouts
The computer code, dubbed “CrashOverride” by Maryland-based Dragos, and “Industroyer” by ESET in Slovakia, is a genuine cyber weapon that can map out a power station’s control network and, with minimal human guidance, issue malicious commands directly to critical equipment.
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Students, instructor flocking to SU cyber security program
Dr. Daniel Ragsdale, Director of Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center comments on the increasing cyber threats in the United States.
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Daniel J. Ragsdale, Ph.D.
Director, Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center
Professor of Practice, Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. Daniel “Rags” Ragsdale is a thirty-year Army veteran whose service included combat deployments to Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom), Afghanistan (Enduring Freedom), and Grenada (Urgent Fury). He is currently a Professor of Practice at Texas A&M and is the Director of the Cybersecurity Initiative for the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES). In that capacity he is responsible for managing and directing cybersecurity research and educational initiatives at Texas A&M. (read more)
Email rags@tamu.edu
Office 979.845.7398
Address Donald L. Houston Center, 200 Discovery Drive, 3112 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843