Every year, a legion of hackers, programmers, cybersecurity professionals and researchers descend on Las Vegas for the most storied convention in the hacker community: DEF CON.

Since 1993, the event has provided a weekendlong…

With a career spanning nearly three decades of professional IT experience, Lester Godsey is back where he first started — serving the community at Arizona State University.

As a two-time ASU alum, Godsey began his career as a technology support…

Cyberattacks used to be engineered by crafty hackers looking to infiltrate computer systems. Artificial intelligence now allows hackers to create a new scale of attacks that penetrate banking, critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and even traffic lights and…

Benjamin Franklin wrote a book about chess. Napoleon spent his post-Waterloo years in exile playing the game on St. Helena. John Wayne carried a set and played during downtime while filming “El…

Cybersecurity isn’t just about fighting the bad guys through your devices.

It is a field of study that, for example, can ensure autonomous cars stay on the road, and prevent our social media posts from being exploited and our hospital records from being accessed by…

Katina Michael warns that your DNA data may not be as safe as you think. 

In some cases, consumer genetic testing companies, such as those that specialize in decoding ancestry, are not bound by federal…

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Becoming a researcher is not a career path many high school students hear about when considering their future. But an Arizona State University internship aims to change that.

This summer, 23 Phoenix-area high school students were given the opportunity to…

In southeastern Mesa, Arizona, construction crews are hard at work on a state-of-the-art data center. The $1 billion facility will open in 2026 and provide…