Monthly Archives: October 2016
Three Rivers Information Security Symposium – Friday, October 28th
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Pittsburgh region information technology and security organizations are working together to increase awareness, interaction and knowledge among the local information security community. The Three Rivers Information Security Symposium will be held in the Sewall Center on Friday, October 28th from 8:30am – 3:30pm.
Three RMU students, John Weingartner, Sarah Pfabe and Brendan Adams, will be presenting: “Mobile Security Threats: How Safe Is Our Data?”.
Other presentations include: “How Litigation and E-Discovery Interrupt the Life Cycle of Data” and “Get Involved – InfoSec Careers”. Click the link for the full list of presentations and speakers: TRISS Schedule
Student admission is only $5.
IT Administrator Intern – CONSOL Energy
CONSOL Energy, Inc. is looking for students to participate in their internship program. Depending on the student’s interests and skills, CONSOL will help to develop skills in one or more of the following areas: Network, Cyber Security, End User Account Management, Servers, Storage, Desktop Support, Help Desk, Applications Development and/or Database Administration.
Target Responsibilities:
• To learn, document, and implement a small, solo or team project in a specific area of IT.
• Attend meetings as required.
• Research and present results at team meetings.
• To learn how to allocate and budget time as well as other resources.
• To produce the defined result or goal for the project that is assigned.
• Accept, embrace and promote the following Core Values of CONSOL Energy: Safety, Compliance & Continuous Improvement.
Qualifications:
• Education: High School Graduate working towards an Associate or Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Experience: Prefer at least 1 year of work experience.
• Must possess solid understanding of PC skills (OS, MS Office, etc).
• Requires effective written and verbal communication skills.
If interested, please apply at http://www.consolenergy.com/careers.aspx or through ColonialTRAK by Saturday, November 5th.
CONSOL Energy is willing to start new interns as soon as possible. The internship is a part-time position.
ColonialTRAK website: IT Administrator – Intern
Top Secret Colonials – Fundraising at Buffalo Wild Wings
The Top Secret Colonials will be holding a fundraising event at the Robinson Buffalo Wild Wings Tuesday, October 11th, from 11:00am – 12:00am. Ten percent of the day’s sales will be donated to our student group.
Along with that, there will be a table at the front of the restaurant throughout the evening where there will be raffle tickets, candy bars, and coupon books. There’s something for everyone! Hope to see you there!
Dr. Wenli Wang receives Best Research Paper Award, Honorable Mention, at IACIS 2016
Dr. Wenli Wang of the Computer and Information Systems Department received the Best Paper Award for Research, Honorable Mention, for her research paper A Learning Module for Advanced Cryptology at the 56th Annual International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS) conference, held October 5 – October 8, 2016 in Nashville, TN.
Academic research papers accepted and presented at the IACIS conference are published in Issues in Information Systems (IIS). This academic journal publication is a double-blind refereed, serial publication of IACIS that is registered with the U.S. Library of Congress (ISSN 1529-7314).
This is the second Best Paper award that Dr. Wang has received from IACIS (also in 2013). Congratulations to Dr. Wenli Wang on her continued dedication to excellence in scholarship.
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