Tag Archive: Cybersecurity

NEWS: UC Cyber Champions Group gathers for the first time for SANS Institute “Managing Human Risk” training at UCLA

August 21, 2024 All Articles, , , ,

Participants in SANS training at UCLA

When Cecelia Finney, Manager, Systemwide Human Risk Management and Strategy at the University of California, Office of the President (UCOP), took the Managing Human Risk course through the SANS Institute (SANS), she knew she had to find a way to…
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EVENT: Responsible AI and machine learning, evolving cybersecurity trends among topics at 2024 UC Cyber Security Summit Oct. 9  

August 9, 2024 All Articles, , , , , , ,

Speaker images in circles with copy to Register for the Cyber Security Summit

This year, on October 9th, stakeholders and thought leaders from across UC will be gathering in the Pacific Ballroom at the UCI Student Center for the 15th UC Cyber Security Summit. Topics this year will include: trends in the evolving…
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NEWS: UC Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) practitioners complete UC Tech Academy Applied Intelligence Mentorship (AIM) program

July 31, 2024 All Articles, ,

Woman at computer with "Congrats AIM Cohort" text

In May 2024, UC cyber threat intelligence (CTI) practitioners from across the University of California completed the UC Tech Academy: Applied Intelligence Mentorship (AIM) Program, an eight-month program offered through a partnership between the UC Cyber-risk…
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EVENT: Early Bird Registration Extended to 8/2/24 for 2024 UC Cyber Security Summit on October 9

July 29, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Man in lab coat - UC Cyber Security Summit banner with logo and date

The UC Cyber Security Summit was originally born out of the need to connect cyber security professionals across UC in order to discuss ideas and best practices, share information, and learn from each other. That collaborative and community spirit remains…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Call for stories – 2024 UC Cyber Risk Program Annual Report

July 11, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Person holding Cyber Risk Program Annual Reports

How do you tell the story of something that didn’t happen?   That is one of the challenges of telling the stories around cyber-security. Often the story is about what didn’t happen. There are many stories like this that originate…
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NEWS: Incident Response and Escalation Workshop 2024 Recap

July 9, 2024 All Articles, , ,

UCI Beall Applied Innovation Center - University of California, Irvine photo, Courtesy University of California, Irvine

Incident response is aimed at effectively managing and mitigating the impact of a cybersecurity incident on an organization’s information systems and people. When an incident occurs, the goal is to minimize damage, contain the incident, eradicate the threat and restore…
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NEWS: Damian Luna Joins UC Office of the President to Develop Security Risk Assessment Unit

June 25, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Damian Luna, CISSP, CISM, CRISC, Cyber Risk Assessment Unit Manager

According to the 2023 IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, the average cost of a data breach in 2023 was $4.45M. This is one reason companies and organizations perform regular security risk assessments, which typically involve identifying, assessing, and…
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NEWS: UC Santa Barbara Leads $20M AI Cybersecurity Initiative

May 22, 2024 All Articles, , , , ,

Robot image from 2023 cyberrisk program annual report

UC Santa Barbara is leading a $20 million research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity. This groundbreaking project, Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION), is an effort to bring continuous learning and reasoning of AI to security threats. The project…
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EVENT: Academic Congress on Artificial Intelligence, from Wed, Feb 28 to Thurs, Feb 29, 2024, UCLA – Learn more

February 25, 2024 All Articles, , , , , , ,

UC Systemwide Academic Congress: What the Future Holds - the impact and promise of AI 2/28-29 UCLA - Learn more

The University of California’s Provost, Katherine S. Newman, and Chief Information Officer, Van Williams, look forward to gathering the university’s leaders to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the upcoming UC AI Congress, “What the Future Holds: A…
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