By: Lee Badman, ITS information technology architect
Almost a decade ago, Information Technology Services (ITS) modernized the networking environment at Faraday House, Syracuse University’s campus in London. Continue Reading
Good Game: Weiling Wang Wins CyberStart Competition
Three months ago, more than 80 students gathered for the CyberStart launch party. Among those attendees was College of Engineering and Computer Science graduate student Weiling Wang, who enjoyed some pizza while cranking through the online cybersecurity challenges. More than 119,000 points later, Wang is the CyberStart champion at Syracuse University. Continue Reading
Advisory: Extortion Email Scam
Over the past week, many University community members have received scam email commonly referred to as “sextortion.” Continue Reading
Sentinels Stand Tall in National Cyber League
While the Syracuse Orange are well-known for their athletic prowess, there’s a new team on campus making noise in cybersecurity competitions. The Sentinels, a team of student-employees from the ITS Security Operations Center (SOC), recently participated in the National Cyber League Spring 2020 Team Game and finished 33rd out of more than 900 competitors. Continue Reading
Podcast: Behind the Monitor, Episode II
In a very special episode of Behind the Monitor, we weigh the pros and cons of Zoom, tell you how to spot a phishing scam and discuss whether pineapple belongs on pizza. You can subscribe to the podcast on Spotify.