Nanci Hellmich

Software frequently needs updates to keep it safe from cyberattacks, and Associate Professor Kun Sun and other Mason Engineering cybersecurity researchers are creating a tool that would identify security patches in updates for open-source software.

Mason Engineering graduate students Munira Alqahtani and Abdulai Gad Swaray have been selected to compete in the Atlantic Council’s 2020 Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge on March 20-21 in Washington, D.C.

It’s not often that college students have a chance to solve cybersecurity challenges, delve into data mining, and take a salsa dancing lesson over the same weekend. But those who attended PatriotHacks, Mason’s second annual collegiate hackathon, did just that at the MIX@Fenwick, October 18 to 20.