Undergraduate Research Cybersecurity Workshop
Thursday December 2nd, 2021 – 04:30-06:00 pm
Online
- Department of Integrated Information Technology (IIT)
- The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)
- University of South Carolina
Overview
South Carolina (SC) has many key national facilities, each with its own cybersecurity needs. These include the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Fort Jackson, Shaw Air Force Base, and others. According to 2018 estimates, the Department of Defense (DoD) has been struggling to hire more than 8,000 cyber positions1
Supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), UofSC is addressing the cybersecurity workforce needs by implementing an IT program with strong cybersecurity components, in partnership with the industry. In this workshop, STEM students, ROTC cadets, and veterans at UofSC will present their undergraduate research work on cybersecurity. For additional information about the ONR project, please visit the website https://research.cec.sc.edu/cyberinfra/projects/ONR
Reference: 1 J. Lynch, “Inside the Pentagon’s Struggle to Build a Cyber Force,” Fifth Domain publication, October 29, 2018. Online: Link.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Welcome from ONR, USC, and project team [pptx] | Dr. M. Simpson (ONR), Dr. H. Haj-Hariri (Dean, College of Engineering and Computing at USC), Project team: J. Crichigno, J. Gerdes, Major Knight, J. Salter, 1LT Ebony Penton |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | BGP hijacking [pptx, video] | Jeremy Gill, Hannah Gardner |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | UDP abuses [pptx, video] | Collins Khuu, Tucker Baron |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | SYN attacks [pptx, video] | Cameron McDuffie, Jesse Leonard |
| 17:30 – 17:45 | DNS attacks [pptx, video] | Christian Tsirlis, Brad Wilson |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Concluding remarks | Project team |
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Presenters’ Bio
For additional information about the presenters, please refer to Bio.