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NEWS: UC Santa Barbara Leads $20M AI Cybersecurity Initiative

Robot image from 2023 cyberrisk program annual report

UC Santa Barbara is leading a $20 million research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity. This groundbreaking project, Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION), is an effort to bring continuous learning and reasoning of AI to security threats. The project…
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EVENT: Academic Congress on Artificial Intelligence, from Wed, Feb 28 to Thurs, Feb 29, 2024, UCLA – Learn more

UC Systemwide Academic Congress: What the Future Holds - the impact and promise of AI 2/28-29 UCLA - Learn more

The University of California’s Provost, Katherine S. Newman, and Chief Information Officer, Van Williams, look forward to gathering the university’s leaders to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the upcoming UC AI Congress, “What the Future Holds: A…
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NEWS: UC Investments and Technology Delivery Services at UC Office of the President forge a new path in cybersecurity excellence 

UC Investments

By Laurel Skurko and Brendon Phuong. As cyber criminals have become more sophisticated, so has the battle to stop them. That explains why UC Investments, which manages the University of California’s investments ($152 billion in Fiscal Year 2023), and Technology…
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Adrian Mohuczy-Dominiak, UC systemwide cybersecurity threat and risk manager, is helping make UC a safer place

By Judi Baker. The Cyber Risk Coordination Center recently sat down with Adrian Mohuczy-Dominiak to learn more about his career path, his role as Systemwide Cybersecurity Threat and Risk Manager, and how his department, the Cyber-risk Coordination Center (C3), uses…
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October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Protect Your Digital Life – Be CyberSafe 

Cybersecurity Awareness Month

By Cecelia Finney. October 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, launched by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Department of Homeland Security. This is a milestone that reflects the continuous evolution of security awareness and education throughout…
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UC Cyber Risk Program Annual Report Spotlights Accomplishments and Goals 

The 2022 Cyber Risk Program Annual Report cover featuring participants in the UC Irvine Robotics Lab

Since its inception in 2015, the UC Cyber Risk Program has emphasized the importance of building partnerships and creating opportunities for collaboration.  The Cyber-risk Coordination Center (C3) collaborates with UC locations to collect and share stories around cybersecurity and risk…
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Hear from Michael Corn UC San Diego CISO: How a humanist perspective influences cybersecurity

Michael Corn, UC Tech Community member, CISO, UC San Diego on the skills needed to lead cybersecurity at the university: Universities are terrific training grounds…because we are we are not a business – we are ALL businesses – we are small city.”

Editor’s Note: Since Michael Corn was interviewed for this profile, he has accepted a newly created position with the National Science Foundation as Cybersecurity Advisor for Research Infrastructure. He remains a UC San Diego employee and can be reached at…
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UC launches groundbreaking cybersecurity leadership program for managing digital risk

Cover Image Caption: UC Tech Academy Cyber Leadership Program June 6- 8, and Sept. 12-14, 2023 (six-day program) Location: UC Berkeley Hass School of Business Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IKx4bl

The University of California is bringing cybersecurity risk management into the digital age by creating the Cyber Leadership Program, the world’s first program designed to cultivate broad, diverse, and collaborative ways of thinking about the management of digital risk….
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