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Browse the Center for Cybersecurity news for 2025.

Competition

Loyola Cybersecurity Competition 02/08

On February 8, 2025, the Loyola Center for Cybersecurity, in partnership with the Department of Computer Science, the 7968 cybersecurity competitions club, and the Loyola WiCyS student chapter, hosted the first ever in-person Loyola cybersecurity competition. Over 50 students signed up to participate in this whole day competition. A big shout out to Dan Harkness and the CyberFire team for hosting the puzzles!

Student News

Lummio Cybersecurity Scholarship

Congratulations to Nika Primus, a sophomore majoring in cybersecurity, for being awarded the Lummio Cybersecurity Scholarship. Reflecting on the award, Nika said: "The additional resources granted through this scholarship will allow me to continue building my professional and technical skills in Cybersecurity outside of the classroom"

Student News

WiCyS Luncheon on 01/29

Our students attended the WiCyS Chicago Luncheon on January 29. They had the opportunity to engage with other students and cybersecurity professionals.

Student news, Competitions

Loyola Phoenix News Story on Cybersecurity Competition

Our students were featured in the Loyola Phoenix! News story on the DoE Cyberforce competition from 2024.

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Student News

CyberRamblers Scholars in DC

Our CyberRamblers scholars attended DC this week for the annual in-person SFS job fair. Pictured from left to right: Lynette Lim, Daniel Gaevskiy, and Chloe Kilroy.

Happy holidays to all!

Research

Dr. Scholl Foundation Award to Loyola

The Center for Cybersecurity, led by Dr. Eric Chan-Tin and his interdisciplinary team of researchers Dr. Loretta Stalans (Criminal Justice & Criminology), Dr. Jeff Huntsinger (Psychology), Dr. Mohammed Abuhamad (Computer Science), Dr. Jason Cummings (Sociology), and Dr. Jennifer Forestal (Political Science), has received a $50,000 award from the Dr. Scholl Foundation to further look at the effectiveness of inoculation theory against misinformation on social media.

Browse the Center for Cybersecurity news for 2025.