On Oct.18, UNLV cybersecurity liaisons gained insight into the aftermath of a ransomware attack and learned some new strategies to enhance their own incident response plan. The opportunity was presented to them through the annual cybersecurity liaison event hosted by the Office of Information Technology.

When logging into your ACE account, you might be prompted to “verify it’s you.” This is called multifactor authentication (MFA). Although it may seem like an additional step in your busy schedule, it’s an important part of keeping your login information safe.

From taking notes in class to applying what they’ve learned to real world scenarios, seven student employees joined UNLV’s Information Security Office (ISO) this past summer to refine what they’ve been learning in their master’s program and continue adding on skills needed for their future careers. The students joined the team starting this May as graduate students pursuing their master’s degree in management information systems (MIS) or computer science and economics.

Several employees and student workers from UNLV Information Technology (IT) helped run this year’s Black Hat USA, an internationally recognized cybersecurity event series that provides cutting-edge research, developments, and trends in the world of information security. The event lasts over a six-day period, this year gaining over 20,000 attendees, in which our team helped to maintain.