The Google-funded USC Election Cybersecurity Initiative has held workshops for officials around the country, bracing them for cyberthreats. Now, they are channeling their efforts into helping voters.
With COVID-19 cyberscams rampant, industry pros from firms worldwide watch as USC digital forensics students show their crime-fighting smarts in front of a real-life judge online.
From safeguarding elections to protecting sources, clients and brands, USC professors and alums are preaching the value of secure communications and digital literacy.
The USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy will launch a training program in all 50 states to prepare election officials for digital attacks.
Researcher Wael Abd-Almageed and an international team are building enhanced biometric security technologies to thwart would-be bad guys.
USC Iovine and Young Academy team ponders a tough question: How do you counter online radicalization?
Athanassios Fokas’ breakthrough on the Lindelöf hypothesis may have far-reaching implications for fields like cybersecurity and quantum computing.
He’ll be part of a prestigious summer internship program offering U.S. college students experience and mentorship at a top venture capital firm.
USC researchers develop a powerful tool using pulses of light to translate and protect data.
The burgeoning field of digital forensics is attracting a mix of students looking to fight crime — and find careers.
Earthquakes. Tsunamis. Cybercrime. USC researchers seek out threats to public safety in the Pacific Rim.
USC computer scientist speaks at a White House-sponsored workshop on technology and social good.
Students go to court as digital forensics experts in an annual exercise that simulates an actual trial.
Leave it to USC researchers to find a better way to log on safely—using poetry.
Officials discuss the government’s challenges to fend off cyberattacks and terrorism.
Quakes are just one threat the university is helping the region be better prepared to handle.
Only one-third of respondents said that companies are taking the proper precautions to safeguard against hackers.
Keck Medicine experts monitor unauthorized cyberattacks.
Jeh Johnson urges faculty and students to preserve their values and ‘not be afraid’ in the face of threats.
USC Viterbi researchers demonstrate the future of security at Department of Homeland Security showcase.
Now in its 10th year, DETER serves more than 4,400 researchers and students around the world.
SmartAmerica Challenge asks universities and others to build a more efficient energy grid.
USC Viterbi and Talon Cyber Tec will jointly host educational programs, seminars and conferences for various private and public sector industries.
In 2007, three USC alums started Lookout, a mobile security company located in downtown Los Angeles that helps keep cellphones safe.