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In only its second year competing in the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC), UCI advanced to the Western Regional Championship (WRCCDC), which will be held March 1-2. The UCI team, led by senior Orbel Golanians, placed fourth out of 21 teams at the WRCCDC qualifier, earning the top spot of the UC schools competing.

The cybersecurity threat could come to resemble the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, suggested Bryan Cunningham, executive director of the Cybersecurity Policy and Research Institute at the University of…

The Herman P. & Sophia Taubman Foundation has provided a generous gift of $1.4 million to UCI’s Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute (CPRI), led by Executive Director Bryan Cunningham. Founded in the 1960s by the six children of Herman and Sophia Taubman, the foundation aims to promote the advancement of scientific research, higher education and community philanthropy. Six Taubman cousins manage the foundation, including attorney Perry Taubman, currently a visiting scholar at UC San Diego researching autonomous agents for medical diagnosis and insurance coding. Taubman and his cousins understand the crucial need for research focused on cybersecurity and the emerging Internet of Everything (IoE) — that is, the interaction between the traditional internet and the hundreds of millions of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

James Carville, campaign strategist for former President Bill Clinton, was the keynote speaker at a conference on U.S. election hacking. He discussed foreign interference in U.S. elections and the impact on…

James Carville, a Democratic political strategist who was Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign manager in 1992, gave a wide-ranging keynote address Tuesday at UC Irvine on topics including suspected Russian government…

Tuesday, March 20, 2018
The Cove at UCI Applied Innovation

In 2017, costs linked to just ransomware attacks worldwide were estimated to exceed $5 Billion, up from $325 Million in 2015. Cyber attacks are a dangerous growth industry and none are immune from risk. Defending against an attack is necessary, but is imprecise, uncertain, and rarely sufficient to stave off liabilities. Insuring against loss from an attack is now a necessary safeguard. We are all targets.

You’re invited to a complimentary program presented by UCI and Newmeyer & Dillion. The evening will commence with a social hour including appetizers, beer, wine & soft drinks. Immediately following join panel members in a salon style discussion moderated by Mr. Bryan Cunningham, Esq. Executive Director of the UCI Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute (CPRI).

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The academic and research communities need to create and evaluate more multidisciplinary and data science-driven approaches to provably identifying cyberattacks. For instance, UC Irvine’s Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute is beginning…

The University of California-Irvine held a recent conference devoted to blockchain, a digital ledger technology that shows potential for reliably tracking titles to property; provenance of precious goods; ownership of…