About Us
The mission of the Computer Security Group is to:
- Provide its members with technical education and hands on experience while creating connections to the real-world industry
- Educate the public about security awareness
- Enhance the reputation of the university by supplying the industry with trained professionals in the field of Cyber Security and participating in national security competitions
CSG Status
CSG WEBSITE
CSG CLOUD PROXY
CSGVPN
CSLABS
Get Involved
Interested in getting involved in the CSG?
Fill out our interest form Join our mailing list Attend an event Join our Discord Server Join our Tello boads Read our recommended resources Take a look at our Youtube Channel
Officers
The CSG is governed by a group of five officers, elected yearly from the body of members.
Interested in becoming an officer? Check out the CSG Constitution to learn how.
Zac Clifton, President
Zac loves to dips his hands any as many things as possible. He gained his interest in Cyber Security from working with robots and playing with radios. Most of his time is spend churning out automation, but once a blue moon takes a break to work on non-computer hobbies like beekeeping, aviation, and Kung-Fu.
Contact: cliftonz@ius.edu
Adam Isaac, Vice-President
Adam is an avid Linux user who gained interest in computer security experimenting with the various bots crawling his personal webserver. Most of his time is spent playing paintball, and figuring out who pressed the wrong any key.
Contact: acisaac@iu.edu
Matthew Hartman, Secretary
Matthew is a Computer Science and math major whose interests are an enigma.
Contact: matdhart@ius.edu
Alex Stiner, Event-Coordinator
Alex is excited to explore new challenges and experiences as a Computer Science major. She also enjoys outdoor activities such as camping, hiking and kayaking
Contact: anstiner@iu.edu
Jason Gallavin, Asset-Manager
Jason is the asset manager of the CSG. His duties include cataloging CSG assets, providing development assistance and is a leading contributor to our apps and projects, such as the CS Labs application.
Contact: jgallavi@iu.edu
Schedule
Resources
Reading
- The SANS Physical Security webcast w/ Deviant Ollam
- Over The Wire an introductory capture the flag (CTF) website
- The Linux Basics YouTube course
- r/Sysadmin a subreddit dedicated to Systems Adminstration
- HackerNews a technology news aggregator
- CTFLearn another CTF practice site
Competitions
- Kattis (ICPC) — The International Collegiate Programming Contest is team based competion where a group of three try to complete as many programing based problems as they can.
- CCDC — The Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition is a red team versus blue team competition where students square off with a professional red team in a live environment while completing business tasks.
- NCL — The National Cyber League is the first steps into learning cybersecurity, where the participates are guided through all topics in cybersecurity.