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NJ Society for Information Management Awards YWCC Scholarships

Thursday, June 2, 2022
Computer science undergraduates Alfred Simpson and Luis Velasquez each received $5,000 scholarships this spring from the New Jersey chapter of the Society for Information Management.

JerseyCTF Competition Shatters Record for Highest Participation from Around the World

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
It was a global cyber attack of epic proportions — but only in the best way possible for the student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the...

Computing Student Logan Reyes Answers the Call Where Help is Needed

Monday, January 10, 2022
Logan Reyes was named by his parents after James “Logan” Howlett, otherwise known by his codename Wolverine.

Outside of Class, Cybersecurity Students Learn to Think Like the Enemy

Tuesday, November 16, 2021
A group of NJIT students studying cybersecurity outside the classroom learned that it's educational to pretend to be the bad guys, in order to design stronger defenses against them.

U.S. National Security Agency Recognizes NJIT Cyber Defense Education

Wednesday, November 10, 2021
NJIT's Cybersecurity Research Center recently earned a National Center of Academic...

New Methods Can Protect Data Privacy Against Quantum Computing

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
NJIT Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Joerg Kliewer is looking to help preserve privacy by busting conventional wisdom about the future of computer security, which states that today's data protection measures, especially in Internet-...

NSF Continues Funding NJIT's Future Defenders of Government Computing

Tuesday, August 24, 2021
NJIT this month won its second grant from the National Science Foundation's CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program, in which students studying toward master's degrees receive up to three...

Amazon Buys Wickr, A Secure Messaging App Founded by NJIT Alumni, Faculty

Friday, July 23, 2021
Online commerce giant Amazon recently acquired Wickr, a secure messaging company founded at NJIT in 2011 that's known for its focus on corporate...

NJIT ACM Chapter Hosts JerseyCTF Cybersecurity Competition

Friday, April 30, 2021
NJIT's student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery hosted its first cybersecurity competition last month, with one of its own members on the winning team...

NJIT and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Launch New Institute for Future Technologies

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, President Daniel Chamovitz of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and President Joel S. Bloom of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have unveiled a partnership that will create a world-class Institute...