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Business Insider: Here’s What Potential 23andMe Buyers Could Do with Your Genetic Data (ft. Jessica Vitak)
INFO’s Jessica Vitak warns of privacy risks as 23andMe’s DNA database faces uncertainty after bankruptcy filing

Instead of regulators playing catch-up, AI developers could help create safer systems if market-based incentives were put in place, UMD researchers say. Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: UMD Research Sends AI Safety to Market (ft. Abdirisak Mohamed)
INFO’s Abdirisak Mohamed joins UMD researchers in designing a market-driven approach to AI safety
(Video) Tech Policy Speaker Series: “How Can Empiricism Improve Privacy Enforcement?”
Featuring Dr. Aileen Nielsen, Harvard Law School, and Dr. Mehdi Arfaoui, CNIL's Digital Innovation Lab (LINC)

“If you ask policymakers, ‘How big is the attack surface on a state or national level?’ they would say, ‘I don’t know,’” said UMD Associate Research Professor Charles Harry. His research team used open-source tools to find the answers. Illustration by iStock.
Maryland Today: UMD Researchers Calculate Cyberattack Risk for All 50 States
Scholars Aggregate Threats to Thousands of County Governments to Draw Conclusions

InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
Alumni Profile: A Budding Career in Protecting the Nation Against Cyber Threats
A profile of InfoSci alum Aaron Shimanov
Breaking New Ground: A Strategic Approach to Cyber Defense
UMD researchers created a tool that allows county governments to assess their cybersecurity risks and make adjustments
(Video) i3r Teach-In: Affirming Haitian Immigrants’ Information Promise
UMD’s latest i3r event highlights Haitian American financial literacy with Dr. Rebecca Williams
