Information Systems and Internet Security Laboratory Kevin Chung
Information Systems and Internet Security Laboratory Kevin Chung
Cyber Security • Big part of NYU-Poly • Masters Program • ASPIRE program • Cyber Security oriented events • ISIS Lab represents a student run facet of the education • Provides an application focused environment to learn cyber security • Run by highly technical students • Well connected in the industry
Offense over Defense • Primary focus is on offensive techniques • Mentality is that offensive techniques impart knowledge about defense • Focus on • • Binary Exploitation Reverse Engineering Web Security Forensics
Hack Night • Weekly workshop on teaching practical offensive security • Large focus on ethics • Open to all students • Open source content • http: //isislab. github. io/Hack-Night/
Cyber Security Club • Weekly lecture by industry professional • Wide range of topics • Often talks given at industry leading conferences • DEFCON • Schmoocon • Wide range of topics • Program Analysis • RFID Security • Office Hacking at Etsy
Cyber Security Awareness Week • Set of competitions and a conference • One of the largest Capture the Flag competitions • High School Forensics competition • Embedded Systems Challenge • Industry sponsors • DHS, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft, Github, Yahoo, NSA, Raytheon, etc.
Talent Shortage • There is a massive shortage of talent • Problems: • • Severe lack of pre-collegiate programming education Rewarding the wrong behaviors and traits College has a “find what to do” mentality instead of “learn how to do” College filled with asinine classes • Holds back the talented
Resources online • www. isis. poly. edu • isisblogs. poly. edu • github. com/isislab
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