8/3/23
Jeremy Straub, NDSU assistant professor of computer science, recently was invited to speak at the North Dakota Bankers Association’s Peer Group Consortium in Bismarck.  The event brought together people from multiple aspects of bank management and operations – such as general management, human resources, and information technology – to learn from and share their experiences with other bankers. 

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7/13/23
Jeremy Straub, NDSU assistant professor of computer science, recently participated in a cybersecurity workforce experts roundtable focused on the energy sector hosted in Washington, D.C., by the National Governors Association. 

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7/10/23
Institute Director Dr. Jeremy Straub spoke on Prairie Public Radio's MainStreet Program regarding NDSU's new B.S. in Cybersecurity degree.

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6/8/23
Zia Muhammad and Zahid Anwar published an OpEd, in Dark Reading, discussing how a malicious actor could use the technology to launch a sophisticated cyberattack.

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5/25/23
Dr. Jeremy Straub spoke with Prairie Public Radio's MainStreet program regarding AI and Cybersecurity.

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2/21/23
NDSU Cybersecurity Institute director and Challey Institute faculty fellow Jeremy Straub recently was asked by facilitators at SUNY University at Albany and the Society of Actuaries to be part of an expert panel related to catastrophic cybersecurity risks.

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1/17/23
Zahid Anwar, NDSU associate professor of cybersecurity and Challey Scholar, was recently featured in two MoneyGeek articles.

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12/5/22
Jeremy Straub, assistant professor of computer science, NDSU Cybersecurity Institute director and Challey Institute faculty fellow, presented at the North Dakota Fall Judicial Conference on Nov. 2-22 in Bismarck, North Dakota.

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10/5/22
Zahid Anwar, NDSU associate professor of cybersecurity and scholar at the Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, is scheduled to present at the Dakota Digital Discussions webinar Thursday, Oct. 13, at noon.

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9/24/2022
Cyber Security Institute director Jeremy Straub spoke at the BSides Charlotte security conference.  BSides events are held worldwide and are targeted at industry professionals, those looking to enter the security industry and students.  Straub's presentation focused on how testing automation could enable penetration testing and, more broadly, cybersecurity.  Learn more about the event: here.

9/20/22
Asad Waqar Malik and Zahid Anwar published an OpEd, in the Dakota Digital Review, discussing how charging stations for electric vehicles could represent a cybersecurity threat.

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12/9/2021
NDSU Cybersecurity Institute Director Dr. Jeremy Straub was recently interviewed by WDAY regarding how law enforcement seeks forensic data from online services providers for investigations.  Watch the interview

10/13/21
A recent OpEd by Drs. Zahid Anwar and Jeremy Straub on a newly introduced federal ransomware bill was published in The Hill.  The article suggests alternate techniques to combat the ransomeware threat.  Read the article

10/13/21
NDSU is a recognized leader in the National Cyber League. The university took 13th place nationally, out of hundreds of participating U.S. colleges and universities, in the spring 2021 NCL Cyber Power Rankings.

This semester, NDSU will field over 40 participants – more than double the university’s highest level of participation in previous semesters.  With this participation level, NDSU will be one of the largest, if not the largest, participating institutions in the Midwest, based on schools’ historical participation levels. Read More

9/17/2021
A recent OpEd by Drs. Zahid Anwar and Jeremy Straub on techniques for securing Afghans' personal data, which was exposed in a database left behind during the U.S. withdrawal, was published in The Hill.  The article suggests that rewards programs for its recovery or destruction or targeted malware might be used to mitigate the threat.  Read the article.

9/2/2021
NDSU is part of "a consortium of twelve National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) from seven northwest states" working to enhance cybersecurity education.   City University of Seattle was the lead institution on a $700,000 grant, which NDSU is a sub-awardee on, which will fund training for high school teachers and other activities in 2021.  NDSU is working with North Dakota EduTech on this program.  More details.

8/5/2021
NDSU Cyber Security Institute director Dr. Jeremy Straub aided in the development of AIAA's Hack-a-Sat event at the Aerospace Village at DefCon 29 in Las Vegas Nevada.  More details.

6/23/2021
The NDSU computer science department is slated to host BisonCyber, a two-day, on-campus summer camp for high school students in grades 9-12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., on July 27-28.  Topics of the free camp include programming, networking, cybersecurity and robotics.  Read more.

6/16/2021
Institute director Dr. Jeremy Straub was featured in a 3D Printing Industry article regarding cybersecurity considerations for 3D printing.  The article featured his work on visible light sensing-based 3D printing quality assurance and its utility for securing printing output and the printing process.  Read the article.

4/30/2021
NDSU has taken top spots, nationally, in National Cyber League (NCL) team and individual competitions.  The NDSU team took 19 place, nation-wide, out of hundreds of teams participating.  NDSU Computer Science undergraduate Jack Hance took 14th place, nationally, out of thousands of participating students.

12/29/2020
Institute director Dr. Jeremy Straub was featured on Prairie Public Radio's Main Street program.  He discussed the recent large cybersecurity attack that has been widely attributed to Russia and cybersecurity in North Dakota.  Listen to the interview.

12/21/2020
Computer Science Asst. Prof. Pratap Kotala  was interviewed by Joel Heitkamp on "Down the Road with Joel" about the recent cyberattack on U.S. federal government agencies.  Watch the interview.

12/1/2020
WDAY interviewed NDSU Asst. Prof. Jeremy Straub to provide North Dakotans with advice on how to properly secure their computers and network connections for participation in distance education courses.  Read more.  

11/25/2020
NDSU has again taken top spots in the National Cyber League competition.  The NDSU team took 50th place, out of hundreds of teams participating nationally.  NDSU Computer Science undergraduate Jack Hance came in 13th place in the individual competition, out of thousands of participating students.

11/17/2020
The NDSU Cyber Security Institute was one of five organizations that contributed to the AIAA ASCEND CubeSat Cybersecurity Challenge at the AIAA Ascend Conference.  Cyber Security Institute director Dr. Jeremy Straub collaborated with staff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics and sci_Zone to develop the challenge.  More details.

9/24/2020
NDSU computer science assistant professor and Challey Institute faculty fellow Jeremy Straub was featured on NBC’s National NBCLX news program Sept 18. Straub was interviewed about the impact and security considerations of the pending federal ban on TikTok and WeChat.  Read more.

NDSU Asst. Prof. Jeremy Straub was interviewed by WDAY regarding the use of "mysterious seed packages" shipped to individuals' households and what the shippers hope to gain from them.  Straub discussed how online sellers sometimes place fake orders for small items to increase their seller ratings to entice buyers to order larger things.  Watch the interview.

7/16/2020
A recent article on Digital Enginering 247 discusses the risks posed by cybersecurity breaches of 3D printing systems.  The article features 3D printing cyberassurance work by Dr. Jeremy Straub. Read more.

7/7/2020
Dr. Jeremy Straub was featured on WDAY to discuss the cybersecurity implications of the proposed TikTok ban.  Watch the interview.

4/30/2020
NDSU students took top spots nationally at in the National Cyber League competition.  NDSU's National Cyber League team came in 46th place, out of hundreds of teams competing, in the Spring 2020 NCL competition.  Computer Science undergraduate Jack Hance took 16th place, nationally, out of thousands of competing students.

4/2/2020
WDAY's Nick Broadway interviewed NDSU Asst. Prof. Jeremy Straub regarding how videoconferencing can be protected from 'Zoom bombers' for the WDAY News.  Watch the interview.

3/13/2020
NDSU has been recognized for the excellence of its cybersecurity programs, in several areas. NDSU received the top award for North American cybersecurity education in the large organization category. Several efforts at NDSU and individuals associated with NDSU also were recognized.

Over the course of the last year, NDSU has been a worldwide leader in cybersecurity education. The university has been recognized as a National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research. NDSU also has expanded its cybersecurity course offerings, run a summer camp for high school students with a cybersecurity interest, taken top spots at multiple cybersecurity competitions, sponsored multiple college student-focused events and been recognized for cybersecurity education innovations.  Read more.

12/9/2019
A team of NDSU students took seventh place, out of nearly 800 registered teams, in the Network Traffic Analysis portion of the National Cyber League Team Competition. The team took 14th place in Enumeration and Exploitation, 25th place in Log Analysis and 28th place overall.  The team scored the maximum number of possible points in the Open Source Intelligence, Log Analysis, Network Traffic Analysis and Enumeration and Exploitation sections.  Read more.

12/6/2019
NDSU was prominently featured in a feature story in the Fargo Forum regarding how businesses and individuals can be secure.  The article, titled "Cybersecurity 'has to be in your DNA' to fend off hacking threats," was written by Helmut Schmidt.  Read the article.

12/2/2019
Three teams of NDSU students participated in the first Hivestorm cybersecurity competition. The new competition pits student teams against each other to secure Linux and Windows servers during a four-hour competition window. Each team is given servers that have misconfigurations and other issues that they must identify and remediate to secure them. This is a typical scenario for many information technology positions.  Read more.

11/25/2019
Regional cybersecurity professionals participated in a speaker series, hosted by the NDSU Institute for Cybersecurity Education and Research, for Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Nov. 11-16. Cybersecurity career awareness week was proclaimed by Gov. Doug Burgum in North Dakota, and is sponsored nationally by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.  Read more.

11/13/2019
NDSU computer science junior Jack Hance took 42nd place out of more than 5,000 students nationwide in the Fall 2019 National Cyber League competition. In addition to his overall top 50 place, Hance took 30th place in Wireless Access Exploitation and 51st place in Web Application Exploitation.  Hance was one of 10 NDSU students who competed.  Read more.

10/30/2019
NDSU students traveled to Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to compete in the Collegiate Pentesting Competition. The competition puts students in the role of professional penetration testers – individuals that test computer systems and networks to find and fix problems before nefarious individuals hack the system. They compete with other teams to find and document issues with a simulated network in just the way professional penetration testers would in the real-world.  Read more.

10/8/2019
A cybersecurity researcher from the U.S. National Security Agency recently visited campus to present on Integrated adaptive cyber defense to NDSU students, faculty and staff. Others from the region – including other colleges, universities and area businesses – also were invited and attended the presentation.

Integrated adaptive cyber defense techniques seek to automate the cyberattack response process by preparing components of the network and systems to identify and take protective action with humans acting as approvers, as opposed to responders.  The proposed technique is a collaboration between the National Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.  A representative from John Hopkins also attended and presented on the topic.  Read more.

9/30/2019
NDSU Department of Computer Science faculty members are part of a group that received the Roaming Bison Award from North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. They are members of the ND K-20W Initiative Team, which has worked to create educational opportunities for students at all levels in the areas of computing and cybersecurity.

Kendall E. Nygard, Pratap Kotala, Brian Slator and Jeremy Straub worked with partners from more than 40 other agencies and private sector firms as part of the initiative. According to the award citation, the effort developed a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive cyber education strategy for North Dakotans from kindergarten through doctorate and into the workforce. The group’s work established North Dakota as a national leader in cyber education.  Read more.

9/11/2019
For the second summer in a row, students from across the country have come to NDSU to participate in a 10-week intensive Research Experience for Undergraduates program where they learn how to research and develop software for attacking, defending and detecting attacks against cyber-physical systems like robots and industrial controllers for water and power.  Read more. 

8/21/2019
NDSU held its second GenCyber camp.  This camp was North Dakota's first residential GenCyber camp and brought students from across North Dakota and Minnesota to the NDSU campus to learn about cybersecurity and computing.  Read more.

8/12/2019
For the second year in a row, a group of NDSU students attended the DefCon cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. The experience provides an opportunity for students to learn about all types of cybersecurity from world leaders.

The students who attended will bring will back information and share it with other NDSU students through activities of the Cybersecurity Student Organization. Some DefCon activities may be included in next summer’s GenCyber camp for high school students or, perhaps, undergraduate courses at NDSU.  More details.

6/6/2019
A four-person team from NDSU has taken second place in the National Cyber Cup student cybersecurity competition. The competition, held as part of the National Cyber Summit in Huntsville, Alabama, brought together student competitors from across the nation.

NDSU’s team included computer science sophomore and team captain Jack Hance, senior Bryant Lennick, graduate student Pann Ajjimaporn and Pranay Marella from Mississippi State University, who is conducting undergraduate research at NDSU this summer.  Read more.

4/24/2019
NDSU has been recognized by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Research. The award was presented April 24 during the 2019 CAE Executive Leadership Forum in Pensacola, Florida.  Read more.

2/20/2019
As part of its support for the North Dakota-wide K-20W effort, the North Dakota State University Department of Computer Science announced today that it will have students participate in the Cyber Fast Track program.  The K-20W initiative is a collaborative effort with more than 40 public and private sector partners who are advancing statewide efforts to provide computer science and cybersecurity training and resources to North Dakota’s educators and students ranging from kindergarten through Ph.D. students and into the workforce.  The Cyber Fast Track program allows students to assess and demonstrate their skills to succeed in cybersecurity careers through a specialized online assessment tool and game. 

11/27/2018
NDSU students demonstrated they are ready to become the next generation of cyber security personnel, when they won four top 10 finishes during the National Cyber League’s Fall 2018 team competition and 19th place overall, out of more than 350 teams. Read more.

12/20/2018
The NDSU Department of Computer Science and Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research have been recognized as an authorized center for the Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy program. The recognition gives NDSU students enrolled in cybersecurity courses access to Palo Alto Networks resources, including curriculum and virtual firewalls, for educational activities.  Read more.

11/14/2018
NDSU held a small career fair for students interested in cybersecurity.  Seven companies came to NDSU to recruit students for jobs.  Participants included Western Bank, Discovery Benefits and the US Army.  Read more.

10/31/2018
WDAY News featured a group of NDSU students who are working on voting security and asked them how secure voting systems are.  Watch the interview.

8/8/2018
The Cybersecurity Student Organization and the computer science department’s cybersecurity competition teams are examples of student groups that help enhance the overall campus experience, while providing valuable skills for the job market and networking opportunities.

The cybersecurity teams, made up of computer science and computer engineering students, compete in the National Cyber League, National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, MITRE competition and regional challenges. NDSU students working individually and as teams are able to experience cybersecurity attack and defense issues in real-world scenarios while competing against some of the top universities in the country.  Read more.

8/1/2018
NDSU student Nicholas Snell was featured in the West Fargo Pioneer in an article that focused on his participation as part of NDSU's research experience for undergraduates program.  His work focused on detecting fake news content.  Read more.

5/2/2018
NDSU finished fifth at the national MITRE STEM “capture the flag” cybersecurity competition recently held online.  They beat about 300 college teams nationwide during the 24-hour long competition.  Read more.

Institute Associate Director and Computer Science Assistant Professor Jeremy Straub recently presented at the Autonomous Vehicle Test & Development Symposium in Novi, Michigan. He presented a presentation entitled "Cybersecurity for autonomous vehicles: problems and solutions".

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http://www.autonomousvehiclesymposium.com/detroit

9/12/2017
Computer Science Department Chair and NDSU Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research Director Kendall E. Nygard was recently interviewed on KFGO's It Takes 2 with Jack & Amy.  The interview covered the institute, new programs and plans for the future.  Listen to the interview here.

9/10/2017
A recent report highlights the importance of cyber security education and provides some tips to job seekers.  It predicts that there will be 3,500,000 open cyber security jobs by 2021.  In this same year, losses from cyber crime are expected to be $6 trillion.  Currently the cyber security employment rate is 0%.  According to Morgan, “colleges and universities are not turning out enough cybersecurity graduates to make a dent in the current openings for information security analysts and other entry-level jobs” in the field.  NDSU's Computer Science Department and the Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research offer courses on cyber security topics as part of bachelor’s, master's, Ph.D. and certificate programs that are relevant to cyber security.

9/6/2017
Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research Associate Director Jeremy Straub was recently interviewed in Epoca, a popular Brazilian tech media magazine.  Reporter Paula Soprana asked Straub about current cybersecurity challenges as well as discussing future threats.  You can read the article online here. 

8/31/2017
NDSU Computer Science Asst. Professor and Institute for Cyber Security Education and Research Assoc. Director Jeremy Straub was recently quoted in an article on the popular Futurism website about the advent of autonomous cyber attacks.  Read the article, entitled "Experts Warn That AI-Enhanced Cyberattacks Are An Imminent Threat" at Futurism.com.

06/26/2017
Two of Asst. Professor Jeremy Straub’s recent cybersecurity publications at the SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing conference were the topic of a feature article on industry news website 3D Printing Industry.  The website is known as “the authority on 3D printing” and publishes “the most widely read newsletter in the 3D printing industry” (the article discussing Straub’s work was also featured in this newsletter).  The work that was highlighted discusses techniques aimed at preventing and detecting cyber-attacks that could cause object defects and other issues.  Read the article at: 3dprintingindustry.com/news/additive-manufacturing-cybersecurity-how-to-protect-3d-printers-from-cyber-attack-116677/&nbsp