October 2023
Pacific Pile & Marine invites all Civil Engineering and Construction Management students who are looking for an opportunity to become an intern or full-time employee. Join representatives for an introduction to the world of Marine Construction, and the intricacies involved with a career at Pacific Pile & Marine.
This seminar examines why journalists often fail to take the necessary information security steps to better protect themselves, their sources, and their stories, despite ongoing threats to journalism. From mass surveillance and intrusive spyware technologies to hacking, political intimidation, and legal challenges, these threats coalesce to impact journalism and endanger public service news. This deteriorating information ecosystem contributes to the repression of journalists and their sources, chilling freedom of expression and the ability of journalists to carry out their roles in a democratic society.
In today’s interconnected world, the Web has become an indispensable part of our daily lives, with web browsers serving as the central hub of our digital existence. While the continuous enhancement of modern browser functionalities substantially improves the user experience, it also opens the door to new and potentially serious security and privacy threats. This talk aims to shed light on our recent efforts to identify vulnerabilities within emerging web features and conduct an analysis of the corresponding countermeasures.
Bob Smith, Chief Executive Officer of space company, Blue Origin, will speak on “Gradatim Ferociter” and the company’s ferocious and step-by-step quest to make space travel accessible to humanity on Friday, Oct. 20, 11 a.m. in the Honors Lounge on the WSU Pullman campus.
The field of Information Technology and cybersecurity is vast. Students coming out of accredited institutions with degrees may sometimes get confused at the dizzying array of opportunities available to them and wonder how to get started in the field as a career. This seminar focuses on my personal journey through the field and reflects on several career paths graduates can take as they look to enter the field.