Marshall University Cyber Forensics & Security

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11/22/2024

Last Friday, two outstanding presentations from Marshall Cyber Forensics and Security program were given at the First Annual Putnam County Career and Technical Center's Cybersecurity Conference.

Current CFS student and Women In Cybersecurity - Marshall University Student Chapter Treasurer, Hope Fry gave an excellent presentation on "Networking: The Secret Ingredient to Career Success," bringing fresh perspectives on building meaningful professional connections in the cybersecurity field.

The conference, themed "Securing the Digital Frontier," also featured MUCFS faculty member and current US Cyber Team Head Coach Dr. Josh Brunty delivering the keynote speech on "The Importance of Cybersecurity Leadership: Future Challenges."

It's particularly rewarding to see our students like Hope taking the stage at professional conferences - this is what excellence in cybersecurity education looks like! 🎯

07/20/2024

https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/blue-screen-of-death-creates-havoc-for-huntington-travelers-health-care-services/article_67d37c34-fe56-59f7-902b-b3423d2600f5.html

"Bill Gardner, associate professor of Cyber Forensics and Security at Marshall University, said as our lives have become more dependent on the internet, companies have bought products such as CrowdStrike to protect against cyber threats. In this case, however, Microsoft’s security was not threatened.

This wasn’t a cyber attack,” Gardner said. “Basically, someone put some data into a file that had a little bug in it, which ended up causing this issue. It was entirely a vendor issue.”
Gardner called this outage a “black swan event” that could not have been predicted or prevented.

Gardner said CrowdStrike is considered “the best and the biggest” cybersecurity company in the industry and is used by the government. This situation, he said, should not deter internet users from installing updates in the future.

“One of the things we need to do to keep our computers safe is to update,” he said. “Just because you got one bad update, don’t turn off updates for your computer — that’s a very bad thing.”

HUNTINGTON — The “blue screen of death” is an infamous phenomenon well-known among information technologists, but on Friday morning, Microsoft users around the globe quickly became familiar with its negative

07/20/2024

Thank you Anna Saunders for taking the time to talk to me today.

Bill Gardner is an associate professor of cyber forensics and security at Marshall University. Though the university was not impacted - he says we’re seeing the

05/22/2024

https://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/professionals-discuss-crypto-currency-during-marshall-panel/article_c040f791-15a1-5a15-8f13-eadbd21a63b1.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

HUNTINGTON — West Virginia could be an important location for the cryptocurrency industry.

05/20/2024

Join Bill Gardner and Dr. Josh Brunty on Tuesday to talk about how cryptocurrency is sometimes used in cybercrime, blockchain investigations, and how to keep your cryptocurrency safe.

05/16/2024

This is what I've been doing this week. Looking forward to the groundbreaking tomorrow at 2 pm.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jfhq-dodin_industry-cybersecurity-partnership-activity-7196945812428333059-vopd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

05/14/2024

Institute for Cyber Security Groundbreaking

⌚️: Friday, May 17, 1 p.m

📍: Hal Greer Boulevard & 4th Avenue

05/14/2024

https://events.marshall.edu/event/institute-for-cyber-security-groundbreaking

Marshall Univeresity and the U.S. Department of Defense will break ground on the new Institute for Cyber Security.