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SUMMARY:Coffee & Connections @ Nexus234: Rethinking Security in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Massimiliano Albanese\, Director of the Center for Infrastructure Security in the Era of AI\, will lead a Coffee & Connections discussion on how artificial intelligence is reshaping security for organizations and critical infrastructure. The session will examine both the opportunities and risks of AI-enabled security\, including its potential to strengthen threat detection\, support security automation\, and improve resilience\, as well as concerns such as adversarial attacks\, data leakage\, expanded attack surfaces\, and misuse of AI technologies. \nThis event is designed for participants who are actively integrating AI into their organizations\, as well as those beginning to assess its implications. The discussion will offer practical guidance on separating hype from reality\, making informed adoption decisions\, and avoiding common pitfalls. \n See the presentation’s slides.
URL:https://iseai.gmu.edu/event/coffee-connections-nexus234-rethinking-security-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Life Sciences and Engineering Building\, George Mason University\, 10930 George Mason Circle\, Manassas\, 20110\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Adams":MAILTO:avanmete@gmu.edu
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SUMMARY:40th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (DBSec 2026)
DESCRIPTION:DBSec is an annual international conference covering research in data and applications security and privacy. The 40th Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy (DBSec 2026) will be held in Arlington\, Virginia\, USA\, from July 28 to July 30\, 2026. \nThe conference provides a forum for presenting high-quality original research from academia\, industry\, and government on both theoretical and practical aspects of information security. Topics of interest include\, but are not limited to: Access control · Anonymity · Applied cryptography in data security · Authentication · Big data security · Data and system integrity · Data for LLMs\, GenAI\, ML/DL (curation\, vector databases) · Data protection · Data provenance · Database security · Digital rights management · Distributed and decentralized security · Identity management · Intrusion detection · Knowledge discovery and privacy · Methodologies for data and application security · Network security · Organizational and social aspects of security · Ownership\, privacy\, and licensing of data for AI training · Privacy · Secure cloud computing · Secure distributed systems · Secure information integration · Security and privacy in crowdsourcing · Security and privacy in IT outsourcing · Security and privacy in location-based services · Security and privacy in P2P and social networks · Security and privacy in pervasive/ubiquitous computing · Security and privacy policies · Security management and audit · Security metrics · Threats\, vulnerabilities\, and risk management · Trust and reputation systems · Trust management · Web security · Wireless and mobile security. \n 
URL:https://iseai.gmu.edu/event/40th-annual-ifip-wg-11-3-conference-on-data-and-applications-security-and-privacy-dbsec-2026/
LOCATION:Fuse at Mason Square\, 3401 Fairfax Dr\, Arlington\, VA\, 22226\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Malware Analysis & Detection Research: A Journey Across Time\, Space\, Hardware\, and Software
DESCRIPTION:Speaker \n\n\n\nDr. Marcus BotacinAssistant Professor\, Department of Computer Science\, Texas A&M University \n\n\n\nAbstract \n\n\n\nMalware has been a long-standing challenge for computer system users\, as determining whether an arbitrary software program is malicious or benign is fundamentally undecidable. Despite this limitation\, decades of research have enabled scientists and practitioners to control the malware problem by progressively narrowing it into smaller and more manageable layers through the defense-in-depth paradigm. However\, malware can never be fully eliminated\, as the underlying problem remains undecidable. Moreover\, every emerging technology—such as artificial intelligence—forces defenders to develop new approximations and narrowing strategies\, making malware a continually evolving challenge and more relevant than ever. In this talk\, Dr. Botacin presents how modern defenses narrow the malware problem into a pipeline of techniques for collecting\, triaging\, tracing\, and matching malware samples. Research developed at the Botacin Lab is used to exemplify advances at each stage\, including custom LLMs for YARA-rule-based malware hunting\, biclustering algorithms for malware variant triage\, fuzzing-guided tracing of evasive malware\, and hardware-assisted malware detection for zero-trust environments. Finally\, Dr. Botacin discusses how defenders can anticipate attackers’ next moves by developing approximations for future threats\, including the synthetic generation of malware with LLM support and its use for proactively retraining antivirus systems. \n\n\n\nSpeaker’s Bio \n\n\n\nDr. Botacin is a Computer Science Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University (TAMU\, USA) since 2022. Ph.D. in Computer Science (UFPR\, Brazil)\, Master’s in Computer Science and Computer Engineering (UNICAMP\, Brazil). Malware Analyst since 2012. Specialist in AV engines and Sandbox Development. Dr. Botacin published research papers at major academic conferences (USENIX Security) and journals (ACM TOPS\, IEEE TDSC). Dr. Botacin also presented his work at major industry and hacking conferences\, such as HackInTheBox and Hou.Sec.Con. Currently\, Dr. Botacin serves as Associate Editor for Elsevier’s Computers & Security journal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/3974784113 
URL:https://iseai.gmu.edu/event/seminar-malware-analysis-detection-research-a-journey-across-time-space-hardware-and-software/
LOCATION:Engineering Building\, Room 2901\, George Mason University\, 4511 Patriot Circle\, Fairfax\, VA\, 22030\, United States
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SUMMARY:6th IEEE Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium (IEEE CARS 2026)
DESCRIPTION:IEEE CARS 2026 will bring together researchers\, practitioners\, students\, national labs\, government agencies\, and industry partners working at the intersection of cybersecurity\, artificial intelligence\, critical infrastructure\, smart systems\, and resilience. The event will feature technical sessions\, focused sub-conferences\, special sessions\, workshops\, CAE-R engagement activities\, student competitions\, poster sessions\, and panels designed to advance research collaboration\, workforce development\, and practical innovation in emerging cyber and AI-enabled systems.
URL:https://iseai.gmu.edu/event/6th-ieee-cyber-awareness-and-research-symposium-ieee-cars-2026/
LOCATION:Memorial Union\, University of North Dakota\, 2901 University Ave\, Grand Forks\, ND\, 58202\, United States
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