Launched in 2013, SERENE-RISC led knowledge mobilization efforts in Cybersecurity for over 8 years, connecting with industry, government, and not-for-profit partners. In October, we held our last major SERENE-RISC event, as the network wraps up operations. SERENE-RISC was funded through the federal NCE-KM program, which has now concluded. Most of SERENE-RISC's core activities will continue, either through our new HC2P research network or through the newly announced National Cybersecurity … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC wraps up
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Fiona wins Best Poster
Attendees of this year's SERENE-RISC Annual Conference voted for their favourite student posters. Fiona won this year's Best Academic Poster award! She created a poster about Giving up Privacy for Fear of Missing Out (FOMO), based on her 2019 NSPW paper. … [Read more...] about Fiona wins Best Poster
Khadija presents at SERENE-RISC
Khadija presented a poster at the Annual SERENE-RISC Conference this week. She discussed her work about privacy concerns and at-home DNA testing. … [Read more...] about Khadija presents at SERENE-RISC
Fiona presents poster at GoSec 2019
Fiona and her teammate participated in the SERENE-RISC cyberstat challenge in Montreal. They analyzed StatCan data about cybersecurity in organizations to create a poster that they presented at the GoSec 2019 conference. … [Read more...] about Fiona presents poster at GoSec 2019
Reham and Sana present at SERENE-RISC workshop
The SERENE-RISC Fall workshop was held at the end of October. Several students attended the event. PhD student Reham Mohamed presented a poster about her research and PhD student Sana Maqsood gave a research presentation to the Board of Directors. … [Read more...] about Reham and Sana present at SERENE-RISC workshop
SERENE-RISC Cybercrime and SME workshop
On Aug 30, 2017, SERENE-RISC held its 3rd annual Cybercrime workshop, focusing this year on SMEs. It was held in Montreal, co-located with the GoSec Conference. … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC Cybercrime and SME workshop
SERENE-RISC Fall 2016 workshop
The SERENE-RISC Fall Workshop, held in Ottawa at the end of October, had record attendance. Besides the panels and presentations, we added a Research and SME Showcase where SMEs could present their products and services, and graduate students could present their on-going research. From the lab, Kalpana presented her work with Bluink on a child-parent password manager. … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC Fall 2016 workshop
SERENE-RISC Fall 2016 Workshop
The SERENE-RISC Fall 2016 Workshop will be held at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Oct 26-27. Details are available here: https://www.serene-risc.ca/en/events/workshops/serene-risc-fall-2016-workshop The theme for this workshop is Governing Cybersecurity in the Canadian federal system: Intergovernmental Relations and Multilevel Governance. … [Read more...] about SERENE-RISC Fall 2016 Workshop
SERENE Cybercrime 2 tutorial
Yesterday, we hosted the 2nd annual SERENE-RISC Cybercrime tutorial. This year's edition focused on the financial sector and was co-located with APWG eCrime in Toronto. With 60 attendees, the event was completely full. Our speakers covered cybercrime from the perspective of law enforcement investigations, examined trends in cybercrime over the last several years, discussed the use of Bitcoin and e-currencies, detailed how High Yield Investment programs work, discussed a fraud investigation … [Read more...] about SERENE Cybercrime 2 tutorial
SERENE Workshop: Cybercrime in the Financial Sector
On May 31, SERENE-RISC will be hosting a 1-day workshop on Cybercrime in the Financial Sector in Toronto. The event will be co-located with the APWG eCrime Summit. Registration to the Cybercrime workshop is free. We also have 10 scholarships available to Canadian students who would like to attend. Registration and scholarship details are available on the workshop webpage. … [Read more...] about SERENE Workshop: Cybercrime in the Financial Sector