Questeq in Moon Township, PA is seeking a Help Desk Specialist. The Help Desk Specialists are the first point of contact for administration, staff and faculty from area school districts and intermediate units who are seeking technical assistance for a variety of desktop and network issues. Interns provide technical support over the phone and email. For further information, see ColonialTRAK:
Prolink Staffing Services in Robinson Twp, PA is looking for a Front-End Application Developer. This is a great opportunity for someone who is really looking to get their foot in the door to a leading company in the Pittsburgh area. This is on a fast-growing, “out of the box” thinking, and collaborative team where your strong blend of front-end skills will come in handy when working with our Design and Development teams. In this position, you will be helping to develop, extend, and maintain web applications. Primary skills include intimate understanding of JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 and building client-side web applications.
Check Colonial Trak for more information:
https://www.myinterfase.com/rmu/Job/Detail/ZmNHekJmYzRWejBIdUEzWnk1U0FIUDlaUjZGc2lHYWY3NVB4Y21OQWdQST01
The Pittsburgh Steelers organization is looking for an Information Technology Intern to assist and support the Steelers Technology Department in the maintenance and support of hardware, software and other systems. Responsibilities for the position include assisting in the identification, research and resolution of user technology issues in all areas of technical operations for the Steelers’ front office and Heinz Field.
See the following link for more info:
http://footballjobs.teamworkonline.com/teamwork/r.cfm?i=118197
IBM is producing a set of videos that are quick conversations with a new generation of coders and creators on the mainframe. Watch RMU alumna Torrie McLaughlin, who works on the mainframe at a large financial institution, describe how COBOL is a key asset to her professional toolkit.
On Tuesday, September 12th, members of the Top Secret Colonials helped prepare supplies for delivery to victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. The members helped package dozens of boxes filled with the supplies collected in Wheatley. They delivered the supplies to the Chartier’s Volunteer Fire Department. From there, the boxes were placed on a truck that is headed for Texas.
Pictures of the items and the delivery are shown below.
The Top Secret Colonials will be collecting items for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. TSC has partnered with two groups in Pittsburgh that will be sending tractor trailers filled with needed items to the Texas area. TSC will have boxes in the lobby of Wheatley for item collection from August 31st to September 11th. The items will then be delivered by students for transport to Texas.
The organization is asking for new items only. The following is a partial list of what is needed:
– Paper
For more information, please contact Dr. Paullet at paullet@rmu.edu. An updated photograph of the collection box area is shown below.
Cyber security consulting firm Paraben has named Robert Morris University the “Cyber School of the Future 2017“. Paraben CEO Amber Schroader honored RMU with the award at the Paraben Forensic Innovations Conference. The conference was a private industry and law enforcement symposium held at the Moon Township campus in August.
Schroader singled out Dr. Karen Paullet, associate professor of computer and information systems, for her work in mobile forensics in the classroom and National Science Foundation-funded workshops.
Also announced at the conference was the newly launched RMU Center for Cyber Research and Training. The center offers customized training workshops on maintaining network security and deterring and detecting unauthorized access. It also shares techniques for gathering evidence from mobile devices for law enforcement investigations, and will conduct research in cyber security, cyber forensics, and other cyber-related topics.
For more information about the award and the new center, click here. A photograph of the award is shown below.
On April 24, 2017, RMU held a Research & Grants Expo highlighting a variety of faculty research and grant projects. All of the RMU campus was invited to attend this event. Dr. Karen Paullet presented the Mobile Forensics and Security Project, an NSF-funded grant. Dr. Paullet is the PI on the grant, along with Dr. Jamie Pinchot (Co-PI), Dr. Sushma Mishra (Co-PI), and Dr. Fred Kohun. Mobile security and forensics is an underrepresented area of study that is increasingly important in our current society. This research will advance knowledge in the field of mobile cybersecurity and mobile forensics through a train-the-trainer program for 50 faculty members from universities across the United States. Twenty-five faculty were trained in July 2016 and the remaining half will be trained this year. Dr. Paullet also highlighted a new online certificate offered by RMU in Mobile Forensics and Security (MFS). This certificate is now available and you can learn more about it here: Mobile Forensics and Security Certificate Program.
A recent thing in news, is how taking pictures with either your hands up or having the peace sign up and your finger prints facing the camera can be a dangerous thing if you post them. Most people are out having fun with their friends and are taking a fun, simple photos but with the way the world is now you have to think twice before taking the picture or posting it.
If the lighting and focus is just right then the they hackers can easily recreate your finger prints as long as it 10 feet from the person. It is hard to believe that we have reached the point where we have to be worried about our finger prints being taken from a photo that is being posted. But as time keeps going on, we need to be aware of these things and we need to be aware that these problems do exist and we all need to second guess before taking and posting pictures.
As we get through the last day of classes; there is only two things that are on our minds. Finals and summer, but before we can think of summer there’s the finals to tackle. While finals cause some major stress and overwhelm us, here are some tips to do while we enter into this week:
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