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Dr. Drew Hamilton, director of the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center, was quoted in a local media story about how tracking apps are used by law enforcement. To see Dr. Hamilton’s remarks, go to the story at KBTX.

Senior interdisciplinary engineering students from the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering at Texas A&M University used their CapstoneDesign course to create a virtual training simulation with support from the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center and the Texas A&M Cyber Range (TxCR).

The National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity has awarded a grant to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center to support a research project focused on automating risk detection and mitigation in cybersecurity systems.

A team of researchers that includes Nitesh Saxena, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, has designed new, easy-to-use methods to counter the vulnerabilities in push notification-based two-factor authentication systems.

Dr. Jeyavijayan “JV” Rajendran, assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University was awarded the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) CEDA Kuh Early Career Award for his contributions to secure and trustworthy integrated circuits in the field of electronic design automation.

The Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center hosted SENTRY bringing together students, staff, and faculty from fellow Senior Military College Cyber Institutes for student research and professional connection.

This summer, staff and faculty from the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center conducted cybersecurity camps for high school students across Texas. These camps, funded through the Cybersecurity Center’s Cyber Leader Development Program (CLDP), aimed to spark interest in cybersecurity through hands-on exercises with programming and electronics.

The Griffiss Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing technology and developing talent for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), has awarded the Texas A&M Cybersecurity Center $2M to establish the Texas A&M Virtual Institute for Cyber and Electromagnetic Spectrum Research and Employ (VICEROY) for the Southwest Region.

The nonprofit membership association for information security (ISC)² recently interviewed Weijia Yan as part of their “Women in Cybersecurity” series. Yan graduated with a degree in computer science from Texas A&M University in December 2021 and was a recipient of the (ISC)² Women’s Cybersecurity Scholarship.

Twelve Texas A&M University Cybersecurity students were named as Scholars or Finalists in the 2022 National Cyber Scholarship program. Scholars in the program are awarded free access to the summer Cyber Foundations Academy and a digital Scholar badge.