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UF Cybersecurity Expert and FICS Develop New Skimmer Detection

May 10, 2018

NYPD field tests the “Skim Reaper” and shows success for enhanced credit card skimmer detection.

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Future of Cybersecurity Depends on Collaboration Between Industry, Academia and Government

March 7, 2018

The nation’s top cybersecurity experts convened at the University of Florida to discuss the latest developments in network, software and hardware security.

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UF’s annual cybersecurity conference focuses on security of IoT

March 21, 2017

Industry and government meet with faculty and students for a two-day immersive discussion. 

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Cybersecurity Expert Named Preeminent Chair

February 6, 2017

Patrick Traynor was named the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering.

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UF’s New Electronics Security Lab to be Outfitted by Tektronix

July 19, 2016

This announcement originally appeared on PRNewsWire. BEAVERTON, Ore. – Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of measurement solutions, today announced that the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research (FICS Research) at the University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering will outfit its electronics research lab with an extensive range of state-of-the-art Tektronix test equipment. The instrumentation, […]

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Faculty experts attract world-class hardware security lab

May 17, 2016

Industry partner invests in UF facility that will expand capabilities of Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research

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Over 150 international cybersecurity experts gather at UF

February 12, 2016

The first annual conference of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research coincided with White House announcement of $19B cybersecurity plan.

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Safety tips for #CyberMonday from UF Cybersecurity experts

November 29, 2015

The researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity Research , or FICS Research, provide the highest level of expertise to government, industry and academia in all aspects of cybersecurity and assurance – including hardware, networks, mobile, Big Data, biometrics, Internet of Things (IOT), applied cryptography, nanoscale, social sciences and law. Today, they are offering up these safety suggestions for Cyber […]

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UF cybersecurity experts featured in Wall Street Journal

August 24, 2015

Engineering professors Traynor and Butler speak out about vulnerabilities in mobile money apps

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