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		<title>Central Illinois High School Students Compete in Cyber Defense Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illinois State University recently hosted the Central Illinois High School Cyber Defense Competition. The competition is modeled on the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Teams from central Illinois high schools competed against each other on their ability to defend their computers and networks against hacking attacks from a &#8220;red team&#8221; consisting of School of Information Technology students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/05/15/central-illinois-high-school-students-compete-in-cyber-defense-competition/</link>
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		<title>IT Security Opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Position Title: IT Security Position Company: TEKsystems Full time/Part time: Full Time Internship /Temporary/Permanent: Permanent Description: Our client has built a security practice that is dedicated to providing businesses with sound IT security solutions, training and awareness. They provide custom IT security solutions and strategies which promote stable and progressive business infrastructures. They tie the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/02/07/it-security-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>Information Assurance Scholarship program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because of ISU’s designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, the Department of Defense Information Assurance Scholarship program is available to ISU students. ISU students who are not currently employed by DoD may apply for scholarships through the IASP Recruitment Program. Under this program, DoD funds scholarships in eligible Information Assurance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/01/18/information-assurance-scholarship-program/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Doug Twitchell Interviewed on Banking by Smartphone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Doug Twitchell, Associate Proffessor in the School of Information Technology, was interviewed and quoted by The Pantagraph in an article on the increasing popularity of banking by smartphone and the related information security issues. &#8220;With mobile applications, I don’t think there’s too much problem right now because the attackers who want  to steal information [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/12/06/dr-doug-twitchell-interviewed-on-banking-by-smartphone/</link>
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		<title>IT Students Selected as Interns to State of Illinois Internet Privacy Task Force</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School of Information Technology students Matthew Calhoun and Joshua Bogacz have been selected to serve as interns to the State of Illinois Internet Privacy Task Force. Both are students in the school’s Information Assurance and Security program. The Task Force is composed of individuals from the aerospace, communications, finance, government, and education sectors and will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/12/01/it-students-selected-as-interns-to-state-of-illinois-internet-privacy-task-force/</link>
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		<title>Dr. Glen Sagers Provides Home Wifi Security Tutorial</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Glen Sagers, assistant professor in the School of Information Technology, has conducted extensive research in the area of residential wireless network security. His research shows that only 56% of residential wireless networks employ some type of security to prevent unauthorized and/or malicious access. However, many of those residential wireless networks that do employ security [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/11/04/dr-glen-sagers-provides-home-wifi-security-tutorial/</link>
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		<title>Illiniois Internet Privacy Task Force &#8211; Internship Opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Description: The State of Illinois Internet Privacy Task Force met for the first time last week. The role of the Task Force is to make recommendations on cybersecurity to the Governor. The Task Force is composed of individuals from the aerospace, communications, finance, government, and education sectors. The first report to the Governor is due [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/09/21/illiniois-internet-privacy-task-force-internship-opportunity/</link>
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		<title>Job Opportunities at Trustwave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School of Information Technology Alumnus (&#8217;97) Nicholas J. Percoco, Senior Vice President and head of Trustwave&#8217;s SpiderLabs invites School of Information Technology students and Graduates to apply for current job opportunities with Trustwave. View the opportunities and apply. About Trustwave Trustwave is a leading provider of on-demand and subscription-based information security and payment card industry compliance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/09/07/job-opportunities-at-trustwave/</link>
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		<title>Cyber Citizen Forum, Sept. 8 &#8211; Public Invited</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Keeping the Internet Safe is a Responsibility We All Share. The School of Information Technology at Illinois State University invites you to an event to discuss the importance of increasing the American public’s awareness and understanding about cybersecurity, and the role that academia, public and private industry play in preparing our Nation’s next generation cyber workforce [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/08/22/cyber-citizen-forum-sept-8-public-invited/</link>
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		<title>IT Faculty Awarded DoD Grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Doug Twitchell and Dr. Glen Sagers of the School of Information Technology have been awarded a grant of $56,000.00 by the Department of Defense (DoD). The purpose of the grant is to fund the development of an infrastructure to host a Central Illinois High School Cyber Defense Competition and recruit potential students to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/07/12/it-faculty-awarded-dod-grant/</link>
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