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Students Get Challenges, Experience in Cyber Defense Contest

March 24, 2015

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, By Diane Stirling

It was a rollercoaster kind of weekend for the 150 college students competing in the 2015 Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.

Hosted this year by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) at Syracuse University, the regional event pits teams from 10 Northeastern colleges in a nearly non-stop cycle of cyber challenges. All weekend, students use their skills to offset staged hacks and cyberattacks designed to thwart their enterprise systems.

Mueller’s Internet Governance Advisory Efforts Recognized

February 10, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015, By Diane Stirling

Most people turn on their computers and log on to the Internet every day without a second thought. For one faculty member at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), though, how the Internet is governed, the intricacies of its infrastructure and the technical protocols and policies that direct its functioning have been of critical focus for many years, and are particularly intense in 2015.

Caicedo to Present at IEEE Latin-American Conference

October 29, 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 By J.D. Ross

School of Information Studies (iSchool) assistant professor Carlos Caicedo will present a tutorial on “Modern Trends in Radio Frequency Spectrum Management” at the 6th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Latin-American Conference on Communications which will take place in Cartagena, Colombia on November 5 – 7.

Students Attends CSI CyberSeed Challenge

October 29, 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014 By J.D. Ross

Last week, four students from the School of Information Studies (iSchool) ) traveled to the University of Connecticut to compete in the CSI CyberSeed Capture the Flag Challenge.

The challenge, sponsored by Symantec, provided teams from schools nationwide a chance to test their hacking and offensive skills.

AirCheck by Fluke Networks

October 9, 2014

As businesses and critical applications are becoming dependent on WLAN network, there is need to be on toes always to resolve the day to day issues which comes in WLAN. The tools used by network technicians to troubleshoot WLAN, don’t offer the full capabilities. According to Fluke networks, the functions of various tools are converged into one testing product called AirCheck. AirCheck is currently available in windows version and will soon be available for android(they didn’t say anything about IOS). It supports 802.11 a/b/g/n and ac devices. This software tool has intuitive interface and it provides an instant real-time view of the Wi-Fi environment including network availability, utilization, security settings and rogue devices to troubleshoot most common Wi-Fi issues. AirCheck has following features :
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Caicedo Receives Faculty Research Award from Google

October 8, 2014

Friday, August 08, 2014, By J.D. Ross

With the rapid increase of wireless technology and services, more companies and devices are competing for a limited amount of available space across the wireless radio spectrum.

How to Install Openfiler 2.99 for SAN Storage

September 12, 2014

Storage Area Network (SAN) is a collection of computers and storage devices, connected over a high-speed optical network and dedicated to the task of storing and protecting data. SANs support disk mirroring, backup and restore, archival and retrieval of archived data, data migration from one storage device to another and the sharing of data among different servers in a network. SAN uses a fibre channel for the communication between the devices. Devices in a SAN are usually bunched closely together in a single room, but the network allows the devices to be connected over long distances.

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CCENT receives the Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship

May 1, 2014

Background

Students in the Center for Convergence and Emerging Network Technology (CCENT) in the School of Information Studies worked with Francis House, a residence for people with terminal illnesses located on Syracuse’s North Side, to audit and update the organization’s information technology.

CCENT receives Chancellor's Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship

The Challenge

The IT infrastructure at Francis House was piecemeal and aging. It needed an immediate revamp and update of the existing IT infrastructure.

How CCENT helped

CCENT conducted a thorough analysis, along with interviews with each of the staff members, to determine what equipment was on hand, what was needed, and what was realistic according to the community’s finances as they are financed through donations.

The staff members commented that not only would the students’ work make them more efficient, but it was also “invaluable”. The students were described as “a pleasure to work with, and very respectful of the staff, residents, and family members at Francis house while doing their work.”

The team of students at CCENT worked with the members of Francis House to first map it’s infrastructure and then recommended a set of solutions that have already been implemented.

CCENT Receives the Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Scholarship

May 1, 2014

Thursday, May 01, 2014, By A. Narayanaswamy

Craig Mathias Visits CCENT

April 16, 2014

by Dave Molta, Associate Professor of Practice in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University

On Wednesday, April 9, noted wireless industry analyst Craig Mathias, principal of Farpoint Group, visited Syracuse University’s CCENT lab to share his insights about wireless LAN testing. I’ve known Craig for many years and I’ve always been impressed with his technical understanding of wireless systems, his steadfast efforts to systematically evaluate emerging wireless technologies, and his vision of the future. Although Craig was my “competitor” for many years – I was writing about wireless for Network Computing Magazine while he was doing similar work for Network World, that never prevented us from sharing notes on topics of mutual interest.