SPDY — Google’s Experimental Protocol for a Faster Web
Wednesday January 20, 2010, 3:00 pm in MCS 135 As part of Google's "Let's make the web faster" initiative, we are experimenting with custom protocols to help reduce the latency of web pages. SPDY (pronounced "SPeeDY") is a drop in replacement for HTTP which allows multiplexed requests, prioritization and more... More
Panel: Cyber Terrorism and Warfare: The Emergent Threat
Panel: Cyber Terrorism and Warfare: The Emergent Threat, November 19, 2009, Hosted by Boston University's College of Arts and Sciences. (https://www.bu.edu/buniverse/view/?v=257Hz399 ) Azer Bestavros, Arthur Hulnick, Leonid Reyzin, Robert Popp, Joseph Wippl
Student Job Fair: Job Opportunities at NSA
Thursday, 10/15, 5:00 - 6:00 pm, 808 Commonwealth Avenue (Fuller Building), Room 109 and Friday , 10/16 12:30 - 3:00 pm, 111 Cummington Street (MCS building) Room 135 Join representatives of the National Security Agency to learn about career opportunities in information assurance and intelligence. More
Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship Program
Students who are interested in programs in Information Assurance at Boston University are eligible to apply for full scholarships. Students must be full-time and US citizens. Full tuition, fees, books, $17K stipend for graduate students, $12K stipend for undergraduate students, and hands-on experience in information security internships. If all conditions are... More
10-12 August 2009, Ethical Hacking event and Systems Defence course at Harvard
Course Title: Ethical Hacking and Systems Defense August 10 - 12, 2009, Harvard University. Course Description: Ethical Hacking and Systems Defense is a hands-on, intensive, three-day workshop immersing students in the methodologies and application of hacking concepts and techniques. This workshop introduces students to footprinting, scanning, gaining and... More