Information security takes center stage
Doug Jacobson, University Professor, stages a cyberdefense competition in the Internet-Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment, a virtual Internet developed to study and teach computer security....
View ArticleIdziorek uses IBM PhD Fellowship to research cloud computing security
Joseph Idziorek has found his place in cloud computing, and IBM has noticed. A doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering (ECpE) at Iowa State University, Idziorek was recently awarded an...
View ArticleEngineering expert reflects on Steve Jobs’ contributions to computer engineering
Iowa State University was home to the first computer which was completed back in 1942. But professors there say it wasSteve Jobs’ vision many years later that turned the computer from a novelty into a...
View ArticleCyber test lab at Iowa State University will simulate threats on national grid
Academics and researchers at Iowa State University have developed a cyber test bed that can simulate all sorts of Internet-based attacks on computer networks, and will soon begin using this test bed to...
View ArticleJacobson notes increase in demand for online lectures
ECpE professor Doug Jacobson talks about the rising trend in on-demand videos for entertainment and in the classroom in the the Des Moines Register article “VCRs’ days are numbered in Des Moines area.”
View ArticleECpE engineers featured in EEWeb
Manimaran Govindarasu, Professor and Associate Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Doug Jacobson, University Professor, and Koray Celik, ECpE graduate assistant, were featured this week in...
View ArticleStudents will be doing vulnerability tests on security products at Iowa State...
Iowa State University (ISU) is setting up a product-security test and evaluation lab where university students will be assessing network security products’ strengths and weaknesses in a formal program...
View ArticleDefenders at the Digital Frontier
The NSF’s ‘Scholarship for Service’ program helps ISU prepare the next generation of leaders in information assurance
View ArticleA shift in expectations
The Iowa State College of Engineering’s career services team is helping students gain a better understanding of the growing expectations employers have for engineering students. As the number of...
View ArticleEngineering professor and student bond over shared interests
Traditionally, graduate students and their major professors become very well acquainted. They spend hours together furthering research and exploring new theories. Every now and again, a passion outside...
View ArticleECpE, EPRC sponser two-day cyber security short course
The Iowa State University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in conjunction with the Electric Power Research Center, held a two-day short course that covered basic principles of cyber...
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ECpE hosts annual Cyber Defense Competition
More than 200 Iowa State University students will spend a Saturday beating back eight hours of computer attacks. It’s the latest edition of the annual Cyber Defense Competitions at Iowa State. It will...
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Jacobson named a Distinguished Member of the ACM
by Michael Still Doug Jacobson, University Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently was named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery...
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Information assurance coursework-only master’s program offers flexibility in...
Data breaches like the one Target faced this holiday shopping season are a constant concern in the information assurance field. Doug Jacobson, University Professor of Electrical and Computer...
View ArticleNational Cyber Defense Competition at Iowa State challenges, prepares students
The holiday headlines about stolen credit and debit card numbers were a reminder that cyber security can’t be taken for granted. And so the National Cyber Defense Competition at Iowa State University...
View ArticleIowa State remains a National Center of Academic Excellence for cyber security
Iowa State University has once again won designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Education. The designation covers the academic years from 2014 to...
View ArticleISU’s IT-Olympics touted as great way to prepare students for cyber-jobs –...
The 2014 IT-Olympics held this past spring at Iowa State were mentioned in an article posted to The Fiscal Times and The Week. The story talks about how activities like the IT-Olympic’s Cyber Defense...
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Iowa State information assurance master’s degree commended
Department of electrical and computer engineering online master’s program named number four in the nation The online master’s degree in information assurance at Iowa State has been ranked fourth in the...
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ISU trains the next white-hat hackers
Defenders of cybersecurity are fighting against the current, Iowa State University professor Doug Jacobson said. “All we ever are are defenders,” said Jacobson, an electrical and computer engineering...
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Daily reporter gets hacked
One hour is how long it could take for my identity to be stolen. And that’s how long it took three graduate students to create a website façade that would allow them to see the password that could lead...
View ArticleHot Lotto scandal prompts security changes
Lottery officials say they have made changes to make sure their games are secure and fair in connection with allegations that a former security director rigged a Hot Lotto winning ticket worth $14.3...
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Iowa State developing nation’s first school curriculum for computer security...
Iowa State University researchers are developing the nation’s first computer security literacy curriculum designed for middle school and high school students. During the IT-Olympics computer...
View ArticleTechnical glitches raising concerns over computer reliance, cyber-security
Though he doesn’t think it was a cyber-attack, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson admits U.S. cybersecurity is in need of vast improvements. Experts at the home of the first computer agree....
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Iowa State awarded NSF Global City Teams Challenge project
Part of $40 million White House Smart Cities Initiative A team of researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University was awarded one of 12 Global City Teams...
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Jacobson featured on Iowa Public Radio
Doug Jacobson Doug Jacobson, University Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was interviewed by Iowa Public Radio’s Ben Kieffer on the December 9 edition of River to...
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Iowa State engineers build cyber security testbed to help protect the power grid
Manimaran Govindarasu and Doug Jacobson, left to right, are leading studies of power grid cyber security, including development of the “PowerCyber” testbed. (Photo by Christopher Gannon) This story was...
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Iowa State challenges students to turn back cyber attacks, keep lights on,...
This story was originally published with the Iowa State News Service. Teams of students will face eight straight hours of attacks on the computers and networks behind a simulated city’s power and...
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Iowa State engineers protect the power grid
This story was posted by the Association of American Universities. Manimaran Govindarasu and Doug Jacobson, left to right, are leading studies of power grid cyber security, including development of the...
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University recognized as one of the “Highly Regarded CyberSecurity Programs”
Doug Jacobson Iowa State University was recently recognized as one of the “Highly Regarded CyberSecurity Programs” on Online Engineering Programs’ blog. The list is comprised of five outstanding...
View ArticleIowa State leads move to establish an alliance that builds statewide...
Iowa State University cybersecurity experts are leading a statewide effort to establish the Iowa Cyber Alliance. The alliance is all about bringing partners together to provide cybersecurity education,...
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ECpE’s Jacobson consulted on safety of Bitcoin
Iowa State University’s electrical and computer engineering Professor Doug Jacobson was featured in article published on WalletHub.com. The article, which discussed whether Bitcoin is safe or not,...
View ArticleJacobson named IEEE Fellow
Doug Jacobson, director of the Iowa State University Information Assurance Center and a university professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been named a fellow of the Institute of...
View ArticleJacobson adds information security insight to Viewpoints interview
During a recent Viewpoints segment about Google, Doug Jacobson, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Information Assurance Center, discussed how Google can seemingly...
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