Several job opportunities in the field of cybersecurity are available at Duquesne Light. The individual job descriptions and requirements are linked below:
If interested, apply online or forward your resume to Jeffrey Peters, Sr. Talent Acquisition Specialist.
Robert Morris University recently received a $224,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to aid in the development of a Mobile Forensics and Security certificate program at RMU that will focus on teaching students to analyze and secure mobile devices and networks against cybercrime. The grant will also fund a “train the trainer” initiative in order to train information systems faculty at other institutions. RMU will partner with Middle Georgia State University, the Community College of Beaver County, and the Southeastern Advanced Cybersecurity Education Consortium to train 40 faculty members to teach the mobile security certificate program to their own students.
Work on the mobile security grant project begins this fall. Dr. Karen Paullet, Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Systems, is directing the grant project at RMU assisted by Dr. Jamie Pinchot, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Systems, and Dr. Sushma Mishra, Associate Professor of Computer and Information Systems. Dr. Fred Kohun, University Professor of Computer and Information Systems, will also be consulting on the project.
Read the full news story from RMU News here:
http://www.rmu.edu/news_highlights.aspx?id=1118
On Monday, September 14th the students who attended The Washington Center’s National Security Program this past summer will give an informative presentation in the Sewall Center International Suite at 3:30 pm.
If you have even the slightest interest in the Washington National Security program, we urge you to make the time to attend. It is an opportunity for you to hear about the program from the student’s perspective!
You will receive one hour of SET credits for attending. Light refreshments will be served.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for safeguarding our Nation’s critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats that can affect national security, public safety, and economic prosperity. DHS is actively recruiting (http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-careers/dhs-cybersecurity) dynamic cybersecurity professionals in its National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) to help protect the Nation’s cyberspace.
ABOUT NCCIC
NCCIC is a 24×7 cyber situational awareness, incident response, and management center that is a national nexus of cyber and communications integration for the federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal governments, the intelligence community, law enforcement, the private sector, and international entities. Qualified candidates must have knowledge, skills, and experience in, but not limited to:
HOW TO APPLY
Employment opportunities are posted on USAJobs at dhs.usajobs.gov. Search using keyword “NCCIC”. For more information, see: http://1.usa.gov/1fbNhFS
Student Editorial
I hope everyone’s summer has gone well so far, and I hope that everyone is almost ready for another great school year as August nears. The article below is by far one of the best articles I’ve seen/read on cybersecurity. With the pool of both the good and bad guys involved with cybersecurity only continuing to grow, the battle to protect and damage critical infrastructure will continue to rage on. Shawn Henry, current president of CrowdStrike Services and former FBI Assistant Director, discusses how cyber adversaries are adapting and finding new ways to attack. In addition, he discusses the growing issue with China continuing to illegally access the U.S.’s private data, and how our nation must provide a better response to these incidents. In addition, a few other topics in cybersecurity are discussed. All in all, this blog post cannot give you all of the detail provided by this marvelous article. Please take the time to read it.
http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=Article-destructive-cyber-attacks-increase-frequency-sophistication#
Waldron Private Wealth is seeking a Cyber Security Intern for summer 2015. Please see the following if you are interested: Job Posting – COLONIALTRAK
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is recruiting candidates for the Acquisition Professional Career Program (APCP) for Information Technology Specialists, an Entry-Level Acquisition Career Development Program in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
We are looking for exceptional, intelligent, self-starters to train, develop skills and gain the necessary experience to become a sought after acquisition professional. These important positions will involve support of information technology related contracting and procurement activities for mission-critical goods and services in support of the DHS mission of securing our homeland. As a member of the DHS team, you will have the chance to put your academic achievements and professional experience to work on behalf of our nation’s security by providing information technology procurement and acquisition services throughout Department of Homeland Security. In public service, you’ll be in a position of public trust and will be able to contribute immensely and truly make a difference.
Department of Homeland Security has several openings for APCP Information Technology Specialist, GS-2210-7, positions. Those candidates that gain entry into the Program will experience rotational assignments in the Department’s acquisition program offices, such as: the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Emergency Management Agency. In addition, program participants will receive technical and leadership training. Upon successful completion of the three year program, program participants will be placed into a position in one of the components with promotion potential to a GS-2210-12. Federal careers offer a host of benefits such as: health insurance, paid vacation and sick leave and much more.
Please see the following links: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/405267500; or http://www.dhs.gov/acquisition-professional-career-program
Applications are due by June 22, 2015 – The vacancy announcement will close on MONDAY, June 22, 2014.
Student Editorial
Starting off on a quick personal note, I will be graduating this May with my degree in Cyber Forensics and Information Security. Robert Morris University has provided more knowledge for me than I ever thought possible. With regard to cyber security, I have learned that the number one threat / weakness is user error. Uneducated people can cause more damage in the blink of an eye than almost any other weakness. That being said, I have discovered that this is almost common knowledge now, even among non IT people. Organizations have gone to great lengths to educate employees to prevent attacks. Perhaps, the number one threat has changed because of this.
When a user sits down at a machine, what is the first thing that they do? They open up a web browser of their choice and check their email, and often times social media as well. These web applications are used billions of times a day by billions of people. If a hacker wants to gain information from a company, planting a bug on these web applications is quite possibly the best way to go. In this case, educating people can only do so much. If you tell employees to not check their Facebook, how long before they break that rule? So the next logical question becomes, why are these web applications so vulnerable?
The biggest reason is that they were not created with security in mind. The world wide web was created with the idea that it would be a place to openly share ideas and information across the globe in an instant. Security would defeat this original purpose. The founders never could have imagined what their creation would become. It is because of this that web applications have become the number one threat to companies today. Hopefully those of us who are graduating in a few weeks will someday be able to make a difference in the cyber future.
For more information, check out the link below:
Careers with Cyber Forensics: Military, Law Enforcement, Corporate and Executive
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Wheatley Center Critique Space
Several distinguished speakers will present, including:
Student Editorial
Activist groups, regardless of which ones you are examining, have a message that they want to get across to the public. Sometimes it is with regard to religion, or a political figure. No matter the message, the ultimate goal is to convey this message in a way that gets the public’s attention. However, there are so many activist groups out there these days that you have to get creative in order to stand out. A few months ago, an activist group did just that.
It has been a few months since the activist group “Lizard Squad” took down both the PlayStation Network as well as the X Box Live Network. Why target gamers for a message? Stereotypically speaking, they do not worry to much about these kinds of things. However when the number of gamers affected by taking down their networks is 56 million, I think it is safe to say that you have gained the attention of a huge population of people. It is creative, effective, and depending on your perspective, devastating. What was the message that was so important then?
In reality, this group of hackers are what is known as ‘White Hat’ hackers. They infiltrate various networks for good intentions. The Lizard Squad wanted to bring down the gaming networks to show how weak their security really was. By doing this, it can become public knowledge that Microsoft and Sony, powerhouses in the technology world, still have a lot to learn in the area of security. Eventually, there is going to be a cyber attack that is much more devastating than that of The Lizard Squad. One with real consequences. Hopefully major organizations become aware that there is a problem that needs to be addressed.
For more information on the attack that took place this past Christmas, you can check out the links below:
CIS @ RMU 