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Security Operation Center Student Excels in National Cyber League

More than 5,300 high school and college students took part in the online National Cyber League competition from April 3-5. Only 17 scored higher than Syracuse University’s own Keyi “Kevin” Li, a student-employee at the ITS Security Operation Center (SOC) who is pursuing a graduate degree in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Li scored 2,720 points out of 3,000 possible with a 96.1% completion rating.

The National Cyber League tests students’ cybersecurity skills and know-how with a variety of challenges related to forensic data, ransomware attacks and more. Li shared a little about his experience and how his work at the SOC contributed to his remarkable performance. Continue Reading

Podcast: Behind the Monitor

Are you looking for some tech expertise with a dose of humor? Check out “Behind the Monitor,” the new podcast from ITS. Experts from the ITS Service Center and Online Learning Services discuss online learning, FAQs and what they miss about campus in this debut episode. You can subscribe to “Behind the Monitor” on Spotify, Stitcher and Soundcloud.

Computing for a Cure

Syracuse University faculty and staff are working from home to an unprecedented degree, but computers across campus are still on the clock. Through the Orange Grid distributed computing system and the Crush research cloud, University computers are contributing to COVID-19 research through such collaborative efforts as the Open Science Grid (OSG), Folding@Home and Rosetta@Home. Continue Reading