talk: Cybersecurity and Cellular Technology, 6pm 2/23 Shady Grove

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UMBC Cybersecurity Program Cyber Talk

Cybersecurity and Cellular Technology

Joshua Franklin

6:00-8:00pm Thursday, 23 February 2017

The Universities at Shady Grove
Building III (Camille Kendall Academic Center) Room 3241
9636 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850

​​The UMBC Cybersecurity Program is proud to bring you Cyber Talk, a new speaker series that highlights special topics in Cybersecurity. ​Join us at The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) for an informative and engaging discussion on the operation of cellular networks and the threats posed to mobile technology. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and hear about the latest trends in industry.

Cellular technology plays an increasingly large role in society as it has become the primary portal to the internet for a large segment of the population. One of the main drivers making this change possible is the deployment of modern 4G LTE cellular technologies. This talk serves as a guide to the fundamentals of how cellular networks operate and explores the evolution of 2G GSM, 3G UMTS and 4G cellular security architectures. This is followed by an analysis of the threats posed to cellular networks and supporting mitigations. Although the talk discusses older GSM and UMTS technologies – it is heavily focused on LTE.

Joshua Franklin is a Security Engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) focusing on cellular security, electronic voting, and public safety. Prior to NIST, Joshua worked at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission gathering extensive experience with voting technologies. After graduating from Kennesaw State University with a Bachelors of Science in Information Systems, he received a Masters of Science in Information Security and Assurance from George Mason University.