2012 Computer Security Day at the University of Oregon
The Department of Computer and Information Science invites you to participate in the 2nd Annual Computer Security Day on Friday, April 20, 2012 at the University of Oregon's Jaqua Auditorium. Last year's event was a great success, with five distinguished speakers from around the country representing academia, industry, and government and 70 attendees from throughout the university, the community, and the state. ...»
Raytheon Sponsors Hacker Challenge for CIS
Representatives from Raytheon's Security Innovation division visited the CIS department on February 23 and 24, and hosted a "capture the flag" (CtF) hacker challenge event for students interested in learning more about practical computer security skills. The challenge was a great success with 8 teams competing and some excellent scores put up by our students. ...»
Are Internet Anti-piracy Laws efficient?
This paper explores to what extent antipiracy laws in different countries have affected the level of activity among publisher and consumers of copyrighted content. We conduct measurement on the Pirate Bay portal at different points of time over a 2-3 year period (including before and after closure of Megaupload) to quantify the level of activity among publishers and consumers. ...»