CYLAB PARTNERS CONFERENCE Information Networking Institute

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1 CYLAB PARTNERS CONFERENCE Information Networking Institute Dena Haritos Tsamitis Barbara Lazarus Professor of Information Networking Director of the Information Networking Institute Founding Director, Education, Training and Outreach, CyLab September 25, 2017

2 Dena Haritos 2000 Joined CMU 2002 INI Associate Director 2003 Founding Director of Education, Training & Outreach CyLab 2004 INI Director 2017 Barbara Lazarus Professor in Information Networking My heart is in what is really the fabric of the INI, and that s its people. Student Advocate Cyber Educator Mentor of Women in Tech

3 ABOUT THE INI Established in 1989 Technical, interdisciplinary master s degree programs Advanced specialized curriculum Combining computer science, electrical and computer engineering, software engineering and information systems Campus Locations: Pittsburgh, Silicon Valley and Kobe, Japan

4 Combining knowledge from many different fields so you can speak both to CEOs and to technical specialists, this is a hallmark of the INI. MARVIN SIRBU Founder of the INI Engineering & Computer Science + Policy & Management

5 DEGREE PROGRAMS Information Security MSIS Information Networking MSIN Information Technology- Information Security MSIT-IS Information Technology- Mobility MSIT-MOB

6 Two Cybersecurity Degrees MSIS and MSIT-IS: 516 Graduates Offered one of the first cybersecurity degrees in the U.S. Technical education in computer systems and security Research and development opportunities Customizable: CyFIR Track and Cyber Operations Certificate

7 National Center of Academic Excellence Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Education (CAE-IA/CD) through 2021 Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Research (CAE-R) through 2021 Cyber Operations (CAE-Cyber Ops) through 2018 Through these designations, the INI has offered the following programs: 1 Scholarship for Service (SFS) 2 Information Assurance Scholarship Program (IASP) 3 Information Assurance Capacity Building Program (IACBP)

8 Scholarship for Service Preparing the nation s cybersecurity professionals $23+ million in grants 199 graduates Over 99% job placement

9 EMPLOYERS Adobe Amazon Apple Boeing Carnegie Mellon CERT DOD, DHS & DOJ Facebook FireEye Google Hitachi LinkedIn Lockheed Martin Microsoft MIT Lincoln Labs MITRE NASA Jet Propulsion Lab Salesforce Symantec VMWare

10 JOB TITLES Software Engineer Senior Security Analyst Mobile Software Engineer Security Computer Scientist Software Developer Reverse Malware Analyst Cyber Security Engineer Cyberwarfare Officer Site Reliability Engineer

11 Opportunities for Industry Partners Practicum Project Required Internship Independent Study Master s Project

12 PRACTICUM Sponsor an Industry Course Project The value of a practicum is the ability to explore an interesting idea in order to see what kind of potential it might have. Trevor Pering, Google Client Sponsor Recent Sponsors: Adobe NASA SLAC Ericsson Cisco BitClave Google Cheetah Mobile

13 HOW IT WORKS Topics in computing, mobile systems and security Work ranges from fundamental research to software development INI assists sponsors in scoping a project and matching students with necessary skill sets

14 Recent Projects Distributed Sensor-Based Location Optimization Evaluating User Satisfaction of Movie Recommendations Experience-Centric Media Cloud Management Detecting Web Application Attacks in Real-Time Identity on Blockchain Cyberwarfare Defense Assessment Deep Learning and Drone Imagery

15 NASA Cloud Systems Research Evaluated commercial cloud products for NASA cloud systems Guided NASA s mission-critical move to cloud infrastructure There is no single, magic security tool that will protect from every online threat. This means that education in information security is vital to protect against the threats of tomorrow. Hana Habib, INI Alumna & CMU PhD Candidate

16 ADOBE Docker Container Security To ensure Adobe cloud platforms stay secure in container world Performed analysis on core Linux security functionalities Reported vulnerability analysis and fixes We re working with top-notch security engineers while contributing to the bleeding edge domain of container security. Shivani Singhal, INI Alumna

17 WHY SPONSOR? Meaningful Impact Recruitment Opportunity The INI students brought an amazing energy and enthusiasm. They also brought an amazing set of skills and new tools. My goal is to mentor them in a way that will guarantee their success. Sila Kiliccote, SLAC Sponsor

18 Contact Us ini.cmu.edu Thank you! Dena