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Dr. Ben Shariati co-author of NIST guide on mobile device security and privacy

Dr. Behnam Shariati, Assistant Director of the UMBC Graduate Cybersecurity Program, is one of the authors of a new NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide guide on how organizations can use standards-based, commercially available products to help meet their mobile device security and privacy needs. Dr. Shariati is also a lecturer in Cybersecurity graduate program and oversees its operations at the Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville, MD.

To address the challenge of securing mobile devices while managing risks, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built a laboratory environment to explore how various mobile security technologies can be integrated within an enterprise’s network.

A draft version of the document is available as NIST SPECIAL PUBLICATION 1800-21A, Mobile Device Security, Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled (COPE) and NIST solicits comments on it by September 23, 2019.

From the summary:

“The rapid pace at which mobile technologies evolve requires regular reevaluation of a mobility program to ensure it is accomplishing its security, privacy, and workplace functionality. Built-in mobile protections may not be enough to fully mitigate the security challenges associated with mobile information systems. Usability, privacy, and regulatory requirements each influence which mobile security technologies and security controls are going to be well-suited to meet the needs of an organization’s mobility program.

The goal of the Mobile Device Security: Corporate-Owned Personally-Enabled (COPE) project is to provide an example solution demonstrating how organizations can use a standards-based approach and commercially available technologies to meet their security needs for using mobile devices to access enterprise resources.

The sample solution details tools for an enterprise mobility management (EMM) capability located on-premises, mobile threat defense (MTD), mobile threat intelligence (MTI), application vetting, secure boot/image authentication, and virtual private network (VPN) services.”

This NCCoE project is the first in a series on Mobile Device Security for Enterprises. The next one, Mobile Device Security: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), is under development.

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UMBC partners with five universities in the US, UK, and Japan to launch International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

UMBC has partnered to create a global university network dedicated to securing critical systems against cyber threats: the International Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (INCS-CoE).

The INCS-CoE has its foundations in a 2018 cybersecurity collaboration that included UMBC, Keio University in Japan, and Royal Holloway University of London. That initial group has now formally expanded to include Northeastern University, Kyushu University in Japan, and Imperial College London.

The INCS-CoE will support the efforts of the participating universities as they work together to address cybersecurity challenges facing society. The collaboration focuses on cybersecurity for critical national infrastructures including information technology, public transit, and financial services. Additionally, the Center of Excellence will include research, advocacy, and education components.

“Trust is one of the key pillars for a free and interconnected world, for commerce and for exchange of information, be it in the real world or in the digital world,” says Karl V. Steiner, UMBC’s vice president for research. “In order for machines to communicate well with each other, we need to put in place policies and technologies that establish a trust basis.”

He explains, “The INCS-CoE is built on a similar strong layer of trust among six institutions from three different continents. This first-of-its-kind global Center of Excellence will enable us to rapidly exchange ideas and find solutions to developing issues in an increasingly networked world.”

In the future, INCS-CoE may expand to include government and corporate partners, says Steiner.

“The challenges this first-of-its-kind partnership aims to solve span a complex set of cybersecurity issues,” said David Luzzi, senior vice provost for research at Northeastern.

Each academic institution has specific strengths and areas of expertise that they bring to the partnership. UMBC’s Center for Cybersecurity and Center for Accelerated Real Time Analytics will be instrumental in contributing to INCS-CoE’s goals for UMBC.

Learn more about the INCS-CoE.

Adapted from a UMBC News article by Megan Hanks, photo by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

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The Shriver Center Staff is looking for a UMBC student interested in leading service-learners in a Best Buddies Friendship Program.

We currently have an opportunity to be a Student Coordinator in Fall 2019, working with young adults from Itineris, an organization that serves adults with autism.

Best Buddies Student Coordinator at this site is asked to fulfill:

-Weekly commitment 3:00-5:30pm (one day a week picked by student coordinator)

-Meet with Itineris staff prior to semester and during semester to develop engaging activities for Best Buddies group both on-site and in the community

- Recruit and train service-learning students

-Facilitate one-to-one friendships between UMBC student buddies and Itineris buddies.

- Drive S-L student to on a weekly basis

- Act as liaison between Shriver Center staff, Itineris staff, and service-learning students

- Lead 2 reflections sessions

- Attend Student Coordinator meetings

Qualifications: Valid Driver’s License, Enrolled at UMBC

Preferred Qualification: Experience and interest working with individuals with differing abilities, excellent communication and organizational skills, experience in Practicum 096.  

To apply please email your resume to kasven1@umbc.edu.