SJSU CyberAware Day
Cyber Security Trend 2023-24 and Generative AI
Generative AI applications such as ChatGPT drove a new wave of applications. Join this webinar to understand how generative AI and the latest Cybersecurity intertwine.
Speaker: Jon Clay, Vice President, Trend Micro
Register for 2023 CyberAware Day HERE to join the Webinar:
(November 15, 11:00 am PST, Zoom)
CyberAware Day 2022
The 2022 event covered the state of the cybersecurity industry and career perspectives in the cybersecurity sector. 2022 Theme was "Trend, technology and career opportunities in Cyber Security + SJSU related activites".
Panelists:
Mitchel Chang, Sr. Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Education, Trend
Micro
Dr. Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca, Associate Professor, School of Information, SJSU
Dr. Young Park, Associate Professor, Computer Engineering, SJSU
Mitchel heads Trend Micro’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Initiative for
Education. To the CSR programs, he brings his passion to make the digital world safer,
along with decades of industry experience and proven successes as a leader. Mitchel
has been with Trend Micro since 2003, serving 11 years as Senior Vice President of
Global Technical Support.
As part of the executive team, he was responsible for all customer support functions,
developing an internationally recognized and award-winning support team. He also
served in various cybersecurity advisory boards for several nonprofit and government
initiatives such as National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCSA), Cybercrime Support Network
(CSN), and NIST NICE 2019 Conference.
Dr. Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca received her Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technology
from Claremont Graduate University located in Claremont, California. Her research
interests include cybersecurity, health information systems and knowledge management.
Dr. San Nicolas-Rocca has published her work in numerous peer-reviewed research journals
and conference proceedings.
Dr. San Nicolas-Rocca has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in computer information systems for over eighteen years. In addition to teaching, Dr. San Nicolas-Rocca has more than six years of industry experience in the analysis, design, implementation, and strategic use of wide area networking systems and security within multinational organizations.
Dr. San Nicolas-Rocca is part of the SJSU interdisciplinary initiative in cybersecurity. She teaches cybersecurity and networking offered to SJSU iSchool graduate students.
Dr. Younghee Park is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering at San Jose State
University. Before joining this department in August 2013, Park was a postdoctoral
researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 and at Columbia
University in New York City in 2011. Park received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from
North Carolina State University in 2010. She worked at the National Security Research
Institute at ETRI in Korea in 2003. She obtained an award of excellence as a distinguished
faculty mentor for the SJSU Student Research Competition in 2017. She was selected
for the Kordestani Endowed Chair in the College of Engineering in 2016 and 2017 as
a distinguished research professor. She also received the Faculty Award for Excellence
in Scholarship in the College of Engineering at SJSU in 2018. Park is President and
Founder of SVCSI (Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Institute), a public non-profit organization.
She was a visiting professor at IBM Almaden Research starting from July 2019 to August
2020 and she was Vice-chair of IEEE Computer Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter for
one year in 2021. Her primary research interests are in network and system security.
Her research has been funded by many industries and the National Science Foundation
(NSF).
The event is organized by SJSU Silicon Valley Center of Global Studies (SVCGS) and Silicon Valley Big Data & CyberSecurity Center (SVBDCC). Questions? Please email Dr. Alan Wong (a.wong@sjsu.edu) or call 408-924-1144.
CyberAware Day 2021
CyberAware Day 2020
2020 CyberAware Day was held virtually on November 12, 11:00am PST, with panelists:
Mitchel Chang, SVP, Corporate Social Responsibility & Education (Trend Micro)
MK Palmore, VP Chief Field Security Officer (Palo Alto Networks)
Barbara Kay, Sr. Director (ServiceNow)
CyberAware Day 2019
2019 CyberAware Day was held on November 13, 2019 at SJSU Student Union.
The 2019 event featured a panel of cybersecurity leaders representing various disciplines. It ranges from multinational company to defense contractor to financial industry, from startup CEO to chief legal officer to security engineer. The organizers and sponsors intended to share with SJSU students about the broad range of opportunities available in Cybersecurity.
The CyberAware Day is a unique event hosted in partnership between UC Merced and San José State University to raise awareness around the cyber security sector and related opportunities for students of all backgroundsJoin an awesome line-up of speakers and industry experts who know first-hand that everybody belongs in security and hear their stories of how they found their way into cyber security. Students have an opportunity to also interact directly with like-minded companies who know the value of diversity.
The event is organized by SJSU Silicon Valley Center of Global Studies (SVCGS) and Silicon Valley Big Data & CyberSecurity Center (SVBDCC).
When: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:30am-1:30pm Where: Student Union, Room 2A/B
Who: All majors are encouraged to attend; lunch provided ONLY for registered attendants
Agenda:
10:30 Check-in / Registration
11:00 Program begins
Dean Welcome (Dr. Ruth Huard)
CyberAware Day Open (UCM / SJSU / Ohlone)
Expert Panel
Sumin Lee, Oportun, Sr Manager, Security Program Engagement (Moderator)
Felix Sterling, Trend Micro, EVP & Chief Legal Officer
Kevin Haynes, Splunk, Staff Engineer
Darren Alleyne, Lockheed Martin, Sr. Manager, Classified Cyber Security
Yue Cathy Chang, TUTUGENE, CEO
12:30 Lunch with Cybersecurity Professionals
CyberAware Day is a unique event hosted in partnership among UC Merced, Ohlone College and San José State University to raise awareness around the cyber security sector and related opportunities for students of all backgrounds. Join an awesome line-up of speakers and industry experts who know first-hand that everybody belongs in security and hear their stories of how they found their way into cyber security. You’ll have an opportunity to also interact directly with like-minded companies who know the value of diversity.
When: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 10am-2:00pm
Where: Student Union, Room 4A/B
Who: All majors are encouraged to attend; lunch provided ONLY for registered attendants
Panelists
Mitchel Chang, VP CSR & Education, TrendMicro
Limor Elbaz, CEO, Peerlyst
Manju Mude, Head of Security Engagement, Oath
Hemanth Srinivasan, Head of Application Security, Autodesk
Sumin Lee, Oportun (Moderator)
Schedule of Events
9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Introduction
10:15-10:45 Keynote
11:00-12:00 Panel Session
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Open Floor
Sponsors
Autodesk
Trend Micro
Okta
SetinelOne
Sumologic
Oportun
Spartan Daily
Cyber security career for all majors
CyberAware Day 2018
Exploring Cyber Security Opportunities for Students of All Backgrounds
