Alperovitch Institute

Only in-person for now. But please do stay in touch for future iterations.

We are excited to offer our newest Advanced Alperovitch Workshop: Demystifying the USG Inter-Agency Process & Intelligence Collection Authorities, taught by @ellyrostoum.bsky.social.

WHEN: Dec 8 & 9, 2024 | 10-4 PM

REGISTER 👉 alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu/demystifying...

We are very excited to offer our very popular Hands-on Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering Primer, taught by
@jags.bsky.social!

WHEN: 5 DAYS – Dec 1 - Dec 5, 2024 | 10 – 4PM

Non-Hopkins interested participants, contact @ellyrostoum.bsky.social.

alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu/jags-malware...

A timely and important lecture by Maureen Hinman on trade, critical supply chains, and the future of the Sino-American competition, in conversation with SAIS Hopkins Dean Jim Steinberg.

Wrapped up our AI intensive course w/ Gabriel Bernadett-Shapiro with a discussion on how to integrate LLMs with large datasets for accurate, context-relevant responses, and we also learned how to apply RAG for enhanced data retrieval!

You won't want to miss this conversation with Maureen Hinman on Trade, Critical Supply & Geopolitical Competition!

WHEN: Monday, Nov 18 | 5 - 6:30PM
WHERE: JHU Bloomberg Center, 555 Penn, the Link (Room 426)

RSVP 👉 forms.gle/L224Q2qNCXfU...

Sunday morning at the Alperovitch Institute 👇

Day 1 of our Advanced Alperovitch Workshop, where we are learning about all things #AI, and how to leverage #LLMs for automation and intelligence analysis, w/ @Gabriel Bernadette-Shapiro.

Congratulations to ALPIN PhD Fellow Martin Wendiggensen, who presented at #ChinaCon on "The Rise of the Message Machine."

Congrats to our Managing Director
@ellyrostoum.bsky.social, who spoke at #ChinaCon on the topic of her upcoming book on the Chinese model of economic statecraft, the instrumentalization of Chinese firms, & their implications on CFIUS & American national security 👏

A warm thank you to Alex Matrosov, CEO & Founder of Binarly, for delivering a tour de force lecture on modern software supply chain risks at the Alperovitch Institute at SAIS Hopkins, moderated by our Managing Director @ellyrostoum.bsky.social.

📍Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg Center

Our Founding Director @ridt.bsky.social will be the keynote speaker at National Cyber Security Center's #CyberThreat2024, reflecting on "Influence Operations in the 2024 Election Year."

Very excited to welcome Dr. Cristina Cifuentes, Vice President at Oracle Software Assurance, to SAIS Hopkins for a lecture on her 30-Year journey pioneering decompilation, moderated by our Managing Director @ellyrostoum.bsky.social.

Thrilled to welcome @matrosov.bsky.social, Founder & CEO of BINARLY, to SAIS Hopkins for a lecture on Modern Software Supply Chain Risks, moderated by our Managing Director @ellyrostoum.bsky.social.

A FANTASTIC lecture by ALPIN Adjunct Prof. Brandon Levene on "Understanding the Cybercrime Ecosystem."

We talked about breaches, intruders, monetization, and mitigation.

(tip: don't reuse passwords online, use a password manager...💻👀)

We came for the research, forever changed by the camaraderie 🥰 #LABScon24 @alperovitch.institute

We were out strong at #LABScon24 again this year!

Our Managing Director, @ellyrostoum.bsky.social closed #LABScon24 with a keynote on "Follow the Money: Uncovering the Incorporation of the CCP's Ownership of Chinese Firms Investing in the United States," winning the 2nd Best Speaker Award 👏

ALPIN Adjunct Prof. Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, the man behind #LABScon, took the keynote stage for an important conversation on the current state of the threat intel industry 👇

Listen in 👉 securityconversations.com/episode/ep13...

Congratulations to ALPIN PhD Fellow, Martin Wendiggensen, for winning the 3rd Place Best Speaker award at #LABScon24👏 presenting his research looking at “The Real AI Race – Disinformation in the Taiwanese Election.”

A fantastic talk by ALPIN Adjunct Prof. MJ Emanuel on how the SSL, VPN, and the firewall industry have developed over the last 25 years at #LABScon24 👇

“ #LABScon is incredible. The conference brings together some of the sharpest minds in the infosec, intel, & cyber worlds globally. We were delighted to sponsor & present again this year," - @ellyrostoum.bsky.social

👉🏻 alperovitch.sais.jhu.edu/alpin-x-labs...

Welcome to the newest SAIS Hopkins class and to all our returning students!

Looking forward to a new and exciting academic year together!

What does it take to build a top-tier national offensive cyber program?

That's what we spent 2 days learning to do, as part of our newest Advanced Alperovitch Workshop: Build-A-Cyber: Creating & Maturing a National Offensive Cyber Program, taught by @moore.bsky.social!

We are pleased to welcome @perribus.bsky.social to the Alperovitch Institute.

Perri is teaching an intensive course on the theory and principles behind hacking and securing complex computer systems.

📸: w/ @jags.bsky.social, @ellyrostoum.bsky.social & @leefosterintel.bsky.social

We delve into all things AI, natural language processing, and machine learning in our Advanced Alperovitch Workshop – Building with #AI: an Introduction to Leveraging #LLMs for Automation & Intelligence, with Gabriel Bernadett-Shapiro.

Scenes from one of our most popular Alperovitch courses: "The Combined Threat: Counterintelligence & Cyber," taught by Bryan Vorndran, FBI Assistant Director for Cyber, and Alan Kohler, former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence.

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We missed you all on @bsky.app! Check out what we have been up to at the Alperovitch Institute! ☝️

Scenes from the tour de force lecture by @dmitri.silverado.org on Taiwan and the future of Sino-American relations, followed by a conversation with SAIS Hopkins Dean Jim Steinberg, and a Q/A session with students and faculty.

📚👀World on the Brink 👉 tinyurl.com/46828rdz

The award ceremony was co-hosted by SAIS Hopkins and the Alperovitch Institute at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, and was followed by a fireside discussion of cybersecurity & national security hot topics with Robert Silvers, DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans.

Congratulations to @dmitri.silverado.org on his Outstanding Americans by Choice award, bestowed by DHS Secretary Mayorkas, in recognition of Dmitri's exceptional professional achievements, demonstrated commitment to the United States, and to the civic values that unite us as Americans.

Thanks to @ciaranm.bsky.social and Google's Jeanette Manfra for joining us at the Alperovitch Institute for a fantastic conversation on all things cybersecurity and digital governance.