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Cybersecurity

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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
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cybersecurity
Grid locked
Published Winter 2018
Johns Hopkins computer scientists develop a tool to protect power grids from cyberattacks / Johns Hopkins Magazine
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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
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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
Power lines
National security
Software could safeguard power grid
Published Feb 21, 2018
If part of an electrical grid is compromised in a cyber attack, new software developed at Hopkins is designed to keep power flowing
Cybersecurity
KRACK in the code
Published Oct 17, 2017
JHU experts discuss the newly discovered software flaw that affects nearly every Wi-Fi enabled device
Cybersecurity
Experts discuss range of cyber threats
Published Sept 20, 2017 Video
Equifax breach brings renewed attention to severe information security vulnerabilities
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Geopolitics
Global (in)security
Published July 28, 2017
Course on global security politics examines issues relating to weapons of mass destruction and oppression
Cybersecurity
WannaCry ransomware: What to know
Published May 16, 2017
JHU computer scientists Matt Green, Avi Rubin discuss the cyberattack holding computers hostage around the world