Additional Activities

On March 26 and 27 of 2015, the MIIS Cyber Initiative co-sponsored a conference on Ethical Governance in the 21st Century with SEGP (Students for Ethical Governance and Policymaking). The schedule was as follows:

On Thursday, July 24, The WIP hosted a Twitter chat “Women in Islam: Myth vs. Reality.” Join the conversation from 9:30 am – 10:30 am PDT on Twitter. #LocalVoicesTalk. 

You can view a recap of the discussion here.

There will also be a workshop on Twitter best practices immediately before the event at 9:00 am in the DLC. All interested parties are encouraged to attend.

The idea for “Women in Islam: Myth vs. Reality” was inspired by two CNS fellows from Pakistan – Maria Syed and Nidaa Shahid. Both fellows wrote this summer for The WIP addressing the common misperceptions in the West of women in Pakistan. After sharing the topic with CNS fellow Abdulmajeed Ibrahim of Nigeria, the topic grew to address common misperceptions in the West about Islam. The vision for this conversation is to engage Muslims and Non-Muslims to cultivate better cross-cultural understanding.

Please join us at 9:30 Thursday morning, July 24 using #LocalVoicesTalk

Bios of participants:

Maria Syed @SyedMarias – Maria Syed is currently a visiting fellow at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, MIIS. She is a researcher at Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), Pakistan and has over six years of research experience. Her areas of interest include Pakistan’s security and governance issues, political economy, The Middle East and North Africa region with special focus on The Arab Spring.

Nidaa Shahid @NidaaShahid – Nidaa Shahid is a visiting fellow at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at MIIS. She is a Radio Journalist from Pakistan. She has been working for the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) which is the official radio channel of Pakistan for the past five years. Apart from that she is also an MPhil Graduate in Defense and Strategic Studies with a focus on Media Studies, Information Warfare and Psychological Warfare.

Abdulmajeed Ibrahim @abdulmj1 – Abdulmajeed Ibrahim is a visiting fellow at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, MIIS. He is a Regulatory Engineer at the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), Abuja. He has been working there for five years. He is experienced in Nuclear Security, Safeguards and Nonproliferation. His interests include Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. He hopes for a World  free from Weapons of Mass Destruction.

The Women’s International Perspective @thewip – Based on the campus of the Monterey Institute of International Studies, The WIP is a global source for women’s perspectives. The WIP reports news, world opinion, and commentary through our Feature Articles, Byline Portal, Current Headlines and community blog. Our mission is to provide quality articles from the unique perspectives of women, accessible worldwide, and free to readers.

19 March 2014: MIIS Cyber Research Assistant and Outreach Coordinator Ben Volcsko was interviewed by CNN’s Tech Fortune on the future of cyber security education. Please find the article here.

5 – 9 March 2014: MIIS Cyber Research Assistants Dan Gifford and Ben Volcsko, along with members of the MIIS Cyber Security Working Group, attended the 2014 SANS Digital Forensics and Incident Response Conference (DFIRCon) in Monterey, California. This unique Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) event provided instruction in computer forensics and bonus seminars together in one place to offer one of SANS most comprehensive DFIR training experiences. Leading experts focused on building the DFIR skills necessary for future cyber security professionals.

24 – 28 February 2014: MIIS Cyber Research Assistants Dan Gifford and Ben Volcsko attended the 2014 RSA Conference in San Francisco, California. The RSA Conference is a cryptography and information security-related conference that is vendor-independent and managed by RSA, the Security Division of EMC, with support from leaders in the information security industry. The multi-day event consists of two parts: the conference, which hosts speakers for a variety of topics and a vendor expo. The conference provides various presentations on the topic of internet security.

27 February 2014: MIIS Cyber Research Assistants Dan Gifford and Ben Volcsko along with members of the MIIS Cyber Security Student Working Group attended Taia Global’s February 2014 Suits and Spooks cyber security collision in San Francisco, California.

The Suits and Spooks Conference San Francisco 2014 covered topics such as:

• Cloud Security
• Big Data
• The International Cyber Arms Race
• Cyber Intelligence Analysis
• An inside look at how the world’s second largest defense contractor has built one of the world’s most successful and motivated security operations teams after suffering a major breach several years ago
• Why VIPs still are reluctant to defend against Cyber threats versus physical threats