Latest NEws

Device Fingerprinting Defends Against Online Fraud

GTISC botnet statistic mentioned in this article on online fraud. Linda Musthaler, Network World, 04/20/09 [Read the Network World article]

Cell Phones Will Thrive in Africa, but Security Will Be A Problem

Marconi Goodman Sy Goodman spoke at the Marconi Society symposium. "As cell phones become more technologically advanced, they will become the top tech platform for the large majority of the world, according to Goodman." Larry Greenemeir, 60-Second Science Blog, 04/17/09 [Read the entire Scientific American article]

The Impact of the Conficker Virus

GTISC professor, Dr. Jon Giffin, gives insight on the Conficker worm on 11Alive. 04/03/09 [View interview from 11Alive]

Research Paper on Botnet-Based Scam Hosting wins Best Paper Award

"Dynamics of Online Scam Hosting Infrastructure", a paper by Maria
Konte and Nick Feamster at Georgia Tech, and Jaeyeon Jung at Intel
Research, that studies the infrastructure that scammers use to host phishing and scam attacks on the Internet has won the Best Paper award at Passive and Active Measurement Conference. The paper will be presented April 3, 2009 in Seoul, Korea. [Link to paper]

The Internet Is Infected

"Tonight on 60 Minutes Lesley Stahl will be reporting on computer viruses and botntets that propagate on the Internet and infect PCs, which enable their creators to do all types of evil things via remote command and control." Lance Weatherby, Food of Good, 03/29/09 [Read the article and view the 60 Minutes segment]

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GTISC Mini Career Fair Photo Gallery Posted

Participating companies: SunTrust, Lockheed, SecureWorks, GasSouth, Equifax, Red Prarie, Purewire, Air Defense/Motorola, McAfee, Endgame Systems

PAST Events

Information Systems Security Association (ISSA-CISO) Meeting

March 5 & 6, 2009

Klaus Atrium & 1116 East & West
The invitation-only March 2009 ISSA-CISO Executive Forum will be held at GTISC. The Information Systems Security Association’s (ISSA) series of executive forums deliver market knowledge from leading information security executives in an open dialogue format. The CISO Executive Forums attract information security executives from across industry sectors providing them with the opportunity to listen, interact and solve critical issues. [website]

GTISC Mini Career Fair

February 6, 2009

Klaus Atrium; 9:00 am - Noon
Participating companies: SunTrust, Lockheed, SecureWorks, GasSouth, Equifax, Red Prarie, Purewire, Air Defense/Motorola, McAfee, Endgame Systems
Photo Gallery

Office Practices

January 27, 2009

Klaus (room location TBD); 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Speakers:
Mary Jane Panzeri, SunTrust; Meredith Hodges, GasSouth; Em Mosier, Georgia Power Co.

GTISC Faculty/Student Open House

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

GTISC Common Area, Klaus 3rd Floor; Noon - 1:30 pm