Youngstown State University and the STEM College have numerous student organizations. Several of these organizations bust your tail at them, but few know they have got identical dedication since the Information Security and Ethical Hacking Association. On Saturday, February 15th, 2014, persons in the ISEHA competed with eight other schools for pretty much eight hours at the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.
The state competition occurred remotely at most of your participating colleges. This year’s team is Taylor Williams, who is and also the team captain, Jeremy Nation, Michael Hrishenko, Ashley Neumeister, Joseph Duncko, Samuel Egry, Michael Slavens, Tim Gealy, and Bert Amoline, the team’s alternate. ISEHA has participated in day during the last 36 months, however will be the first-time under their new advisor, Jonathan Eddy.
“It’s practically as close as it finds down to earth experience,” says Samuel Egry, ISEHA Treasurer, “It’s a controlled environment, though the situation’s virtually the usual situation once you face an anxiety attack in person.”
A cyber attack can often mean unique. Recently, by way of example, that it was in the news that Target and its customers were victims of any cyber attack where their debit card information was stolen. The controlled attacks inside Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition were preformed by what called “ethical hackers,” or professional penetration testers. Their job is always to try and destroy a company’s network security using various tactics. The opposition enables them to practice the right way to defend themselves, and also their future companies, from these attacks.
The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition isn’t the only event which the ISEHA attends. Furthermore they participate in Hackademic, a capture the flag type competition, and CyberWars. ISEHA is an student organization that prides itself on being unique. While every single members unites under one common goal, informing the town about cyber security, each member is different.
To join the ISEHA, students doesn’t need to be a data technology major, while in the information technology field, or possibly in the STEM College on the whole. Even individuals who major in art or English develop into a part of the group, assuming they develop the love for information security. When you need to participate in the ISEHA or need more info on them, join them for just a meeting on Fridays at 5:30 in Meshel Hall 116 or visit them on their site here!
