Is there any Defence Against the Dark Arts?
What should we be teaching our Computer Science and Engineering students to prepare them for today's world of rapidly escalating and well planned cyber security attacks? Drawing on experience from Reykjavik University's Computer Security: Defence against the Dark Arts course, we will look at adventures with student projects, including how to crash a firewall with a page of python and the surprising effectiveness of penetration testing projects by students. We will also talk about the new joint program between HÍ and HR which aims to empower our students to tackle the unique challenges Iceland faces in the modern era of state enabled computer crime and warfare.
Jacky Mallett, Reykjavik University
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jacky Mallett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Reykjavik University, and a member of the new collaborative group on Cybersecurity between Reykjavik University and the University of Iceland.
She teaches an M.Sc. course in computer security with a focus on practical forms of defence, and undergraduate courses in computer networks, high performance computing and financial analysis and simulation. Her research currently focuses on finding practical defences against cyber attacks, cryptographic and cryptoanalysis of cryptocurrencies, and systemic attacks on the financial system.
She has over 30 years of industry and academic experience, working for as a Senior Engineer and Manager for Nortel Networks, Sony Research Labs, Madison Tyler trading, and CCP Games. She received her Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2006, studying the problem of group organisation in autonomous robot swarms.
She teaches an M.Sc. course in computer security with a focus on practical forms of defence, and undergraduate courses in computer networks, high performance computing and financial analysis and simulation. Her research currently focuses on finding practical defences against cyber attacks, cryptographic and cryptoanalysis of cryptocurrencies, and systemic attacks on the financial system.
She has over 30 years of industry and academic experience, working for as a Senior Engineer and Manager for Nortel Networks, Sony Research Labs, Madison Tyler trading, and CCP Games. She received her Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2006, studying the problem of group organisation in autonomous robot swarms.
What should we be teaching our Computer Science and Engineering students to prepare them for today's world of rapidly escalating and well planned cyber security attacks? Drawing on experience from Reykjavik University's Computer Security: Defence against the Dark Arts course, we will look at adventures with student projects, including how to crash a firewall with a page of python and the surprising effectiveness of penetration testing projects by students. We will also talk about the new joint program between HÍ and HR which aims to empower our students to tackle the unique challenges Iceland faces in the modern era of state enabled computer crime and warfare.
Jacky Mallett, Reykjavik University
Assistant Professor
Dr. Jacky Mallett is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Reykjavik University, and a member of the new collaborative group on Cybersecurity between Reykjavik University and the University of Iceland.
She teaches an M.Sc. course in computer security with a focus on practical forms of defence, and undergraduate courses in computer networks, high performance computing and financial analysis and simulation. Her research currently focuses on finding practical defences against cyber attacks, cryptographic and cryptoanalysis of cryptocurrencies, and systemic attacks on the financial system.
She has over 30 years of industry and academic experience, working for as a Senior Engineer and Manager for Nortel Networks, Sony Research Labs, Madison Tyler trading, and CCP Games. She received her Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2006, studying the problem of group organisation in autonomous robot swarms.
She teaches an M.Sc. course in computer security with a focus on practical forms of defence, and undergraduate courses in computer networks, high performance computing and financial analysis and simulation. Her research currently focuses on finding practical defences against cyber attacks, cryptographic and cryptoanalysis of cryptocurrencies, and systemic attacks on the financial system.
She has over 30 years of industry and academic experience, working for as a Senior Engineer and Manager for Nortel Networks, Sony Research Labs, Madison Tyler trading, and CCP Games. She received her Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory in 2006, studying the problem of group organisation in autonomous robot swarms.