Starting Fall 2026, students can earn a Cyber Security Engineering or Artificial Intelligence Master’s degree in person at the beautiful University of San Diego campus.

Nikolas Behar, adjunct professor of cybersecurity, talked to CBS8 about a new platform, Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) , which allows California residents to request deletion of their personal information from more than 500 registered data brokers in a swift submission.

As the founding dean of the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, I am inspired daily by individuals and teams whose vision and character have propelled us on an unstoppable journey to address society’s challenges. Together, we are forging synergistic relationships among students, faculty and partners, taking bold risks and exploring innovative approaches that drive positive change.

Founding Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering Dean Chell Roberts, PhD, is all about embracing challenges. This is a good thing, because he sees this moment in higher education as pivotal. 

Haydar Majeed '19 (MS-CSE), an internationally recognized cybersecurity and emerging technologies expert, is fully immersed in the University of San Diego (USD). As a member of the first graduating cohort from USD's Master of Science in Cybersecurity Engineering program, Majeed rejoined USD in 2023 as a professor of practice at the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering. Following the retirement of Program Director Chuck Bane, Majeed now leads the Cybersecurity Engineering program and the Center for Cybersecurity Engineering and Technology (CCSET). With his unique perspective as an alumnus and industry expert, Majeed is leveraging his technical prowess to drive innovation and further shape the future of these successful programs.

As I enter the office of Program Director of the Center for Cybersecurity Engineering and Technology, Chuck Bane, MSITM, PMP, CISSP, CERT CESwA, CCSK, CWNA, I am struck by the rich tapestry of his life's journey that unfolds before me. After 54 years of an illustrious career, Bane is preparing to take his final bow on May 31, 2024.

Introduction Technological advancement, though, has led to the rapid development and transformation of our lives. It does bring about significant challenges specifically related to security that increase the overall threat. One of these technologies that is said to pose a critical challenge for the future is quantum computing, which provides hackers with a lot of processing power that would allow them to decrypt messages, hack bank accounts, transfer money at will, and spy on corporate networks which would all have a negative impact on trust in digital platforms [1], [2]. Thus, there is a need to ensure safety and security, and the tool that is used for securing communication and data is cryptography, which makes use of codes or algorithms that ensure that only those who have the right key to decrypt the message have access to the final message and this ensures unwanted access [3], [4]. The approach's importance is its advantages, like data integrity achieved through confirming that the data has not been altered in the process, which is crucial if trust is to be maintained. It also develops a mechanism that prevents an entity from denying the authenticity of its messages or documents and provides a secure channel for communication. Considering the complexity and advancement quantum technology provides to possible threat actors, cryptography also needs to evolve to meet these threats, and post-quantum cryptography is an algorithm that is designed in a way to secure the system against any quantum computer-based attack [1]. We first look at how quantum computing works before looking at the workings and capabilities of post-quantum cryptography. Read the full short paper.

I3@USD  magazine is an annual fall publication produced by the University of San Diego's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering to showcase the achievements of our students, alumni, partners and faculty. Each issue includes the latest school news and articles featuring in-depth explorations of the people and programs that make USD's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering unique.