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This past week we had an intense educational experience here at the Alperovitch Institute: 5 hours of Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering with Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, every day, all week, including Saturday (Monday was a holiday). The class was a first in several ways: we had never taught malware analysis at SAIS Hopkins. It was…

We are delighted to announce that Kim Zetter will be joining the Alperovitch Institute as a Visiting Scholar in the 2022-2023 academic year. Kim is an award-winning investigative journalist and author who has covered cybersecurity and national security for more than a decade, initially for WIRED, where she wrote for thirteen years, and more recently…

We are very excited to offer the upcoming course, Hands-on Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering Primer, which will be taught by Alperovitch Adjunct Professor Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade. The intensive course will be offered in-person during the January 2023 intersession, from January 17 -20th, 9 AM-2PM (with a break for lunch). Please note that the course…

We are excited to welcome Daniel Moore at the Alperovitch Institute at SAIS Hopkins on Tuesday, October 18th, at 12PM, for a timely discussion of his newly released book, Offensive Cyber Operations: Understanding Intangible Warfare, in conversation with Thomas Rid. The event is open to the public, and will be held at the Kenney Auditorium at…

The Alperovitch Institute is delighted to welcome Richard Bach as a distinguished Visiting Scholar during the 2022/2023 academic year. Mr. Bach has spent over 30 years in the United Kingdom’s national security community in an extensive range of operational and technical roles, and in international relations. He also served in a policymaking capacity in the Government’s Digital Economy Unit…

The Institute has a strong presence at the first LABScon in Arizona. Alperovitch Institute adjunct MJ Emanuel presented on “Demystifying threats to satellite communications in critical infrastructure,” and won a best speaker award. Thomas Rid gave a keynote on his next book project. Melissa Griffith and current visiting fellow Richard Bach attended. Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade,…

Description Founded in 1943 and a Johns Hopkins division since 1950, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University (SAIS) has been educating global leaders for nearly eight decades. As a highly selective graduate institution with a distinguished faculty, SAIS consistently ranks as one of the top schools of…

The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies(SAIS), CrowdStrike and Silverado Policy Accelerator co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch and Maureen Hinman will announce the launch of the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies which will strive to become the preeminent academic institution producing paradigm shifting, impactful research and instruction at the intersection of cybersecurity, technology, intelligence and…