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cybersecurity

Information Security

Hopkins expert to address potential threats to remote voting

Published July 17, 2020

Avi Rubin, of the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, will provide security recommendations and feasibility analysis for lawmakers considering voting remotely due to COVID-19

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Cybersecurity

Building a more secure smart home

Published June 12, 2020

Computer scientist Avi Rubin will work with a national team to develop more secure devices and recommendations for policymakers, companies, and consumers to better protect privacy

Q+A

Disinformation during a pandemic

Published May 8, 2020

Thomas Rid, SAIS faculty expert on cybersecurity and disinformation, discusses the efforts by foreign countries to influence the public's understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic

cybersecurity

Grid locked

Published Winter 2018

Johns Hopkins computer scientists develop a tool to protect power grids from cyberattacks / Johns Hopkins Magazine

cyber warfare

Protecting U.S. energy grid from cyber attacks

Published Sept 5, 2018

Paul Stockton, APL senior fellow and former Defense Department official, outlines plan to protect U.S. energy grid through defense and deterrence

Enhancing drone safety

Published March 27, 2018

Three cybersecurity grad students work to prevent hacking attacks on drones

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DISINFORMATION

Hope in the era of election meddling

Published Spring 2018

Social media sites are ideal platforms for disinformation campaigns, but there's a growing trend to combat fake news: digital forensics / Johns Hopkins Magazine