Years of studying are finally paying off for today's software engineers. Job search website CareerCast.com recently ranked 200 jobs from best to worst based on five criteria including salary, stress levels, hiring outlook, physical demands, and work environment. The top job for 2012: software engineer.
UAB Computer Forensics & Security Management alumnus Brian Tanner is featured on the Huntsville WAFF 48 news in a special report called "Fighting for Facebook."
Gary Warner and the UAB Computer Forensics Research Laboratory are featured on Rock Center due to their involvement in the FBI investigation known as Trident BreACH.
As part of a recent NSF funded project, the researchers of the SPIES group, led by Prof. Nitesh Saxena, have been investigating how to strengthen the security of password-based authentication while improving its usability.
In an NSF funded and a potentially transformative research project, Prof. Saxena and his students have been developing novel context-aware approaches to improve the security and privacy of small devices.