UTSA a Top 10 University Preparing Future Cyber Security Professionals

The New New Internet, about the "many news-makers in the Cyber Security community that also have broad-based market appeal", named UTSA as one of the "Top 10 Universities Preparing Future Cyber Security Professionals".

From the article:

"University of Texas, San Antonio, TX

With the help of several DOD scholarships and a long-standing partnership with the National Defense University, the University of Texas [at San Antonio] provides a steady stream of highly skilled and qualified graduates to the information security sector. Many faculty members have also received federal research grants."

Each listed university is certified National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. Schools must meet a number of stringent criteria in order to receive certification. In addition, with the Institute for Cyber Security Incubator and the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security on campus helping startups and mature companies take their ideas forward, ICS not only helps educate cyber security professionals, we grow them at each stage of their professional lives.

Erhan J. Kartaltepe,
erhan.kartaltepe-at-utsa.edu

ICS Startup SafeMashups Named Top 11 Security Company to Watch

SafeMashups, Inc., the latest startup from the Institute for Cyber Security Incubator to go live, has been named one of the eleven security companies to watch by NetworkWorld.

According to the article, SafeMashups is worth watching because its free Web Toolkit and SafeMashups Community Service can change today's mashups' lack of security controls. MashSSL is a protocol to allow one web app to talk to another through a browser in "mashups. There is a neat accompanying slideshow as well.

Look for more from SafeMashups in the coming months!

Erhan J. Kartaltepe,
erhan.kartaltepe-at-utsa.edu

Nine Cloud Computing Myths

ComputerWorld has a great article on some of the myths of cloud computing. For example, myth one isn't so much a mythbuster as a clarification of what "cloud computing" actually means in context--infrastructure, platform, or software as a service. Myth seven--that a cloud provider can guarantee security--is an especially important point for those looking to take advantage of proposed security benefits with cloud computing/

As the author states near the end of the artuicle, the cloud isn't about carefree computing, but a new and complex resource that requires understanding and hard work to manage correctly.

Erhan J. Kartaltepe,
erhan.kartaltepe-at-utsa.edu