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Computer science enrollment soars, powered by hot job market – News


Enrollment is up more than 300 percent in the Department of Computer Science. Students and alumni of the B.A. and B.S. programs in computer science explain what attracted them to the field and to UAB.

Written by: Matt Windsor
Media contact: Brianna Hoge

Carlos Valencia InsideCarlos Rivas-Valencia, a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Computer ScienceEveryone knows that a computer science degree is a ticket to a bright future. The researchers at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics make the numerical argument: They note that software development, one common computer science career option, has a current median national pay of $110,140. And the BLS foresees 22% growth in openings — more than 400,000 new jobs — through 2030.

Carlos Rivas-Valencia, a senior in the Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program in the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of Computer Science, sums up the appeal in terms of possibility.

“It opens so many doors and opportunities,” he said. “I can dive into medicine, business, education or any other sector and go from building computer programs that help doctors better diagnose patients to working on the new self-driving cars.”

Rivas-Valencia is interested in becoming a software engineer. Even before he graduates, he will have completed internships at two big-name companies. Last summer, he had a software engineering role at Khan Academy, the open-education company, working alongside full-time engineers on the Frontend Infrastructure team, where he built new user-interface components, fixed bugs and wrote documentation on his changes.

This summer, he will again be working as a software engineer at the San Francisco offices of Lyft — one of several companies that has made a major investment in self-driving cars.

But not everyone starts out knowing they might be interested in a future in computer science. Amalee Dianne Wilson, a two-time UAB computer science grad (B.S. 2016, M.S. 2018) now pursuing her Ph.D. in the heart of Silicon Valley at Stanford University, started off in that group.

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Cyber hacking soars during home working, research suggests


Cyber attacks due to working from home have cost businesses £374million since the Covid crisis began, according to research.

A survey of 450 top finance and risk professionals at UK-listed companies found almost two-thirds of firms had suffered a cyber attack or data breach in the first 18 months of the pandemic.

Most of these companies said they had lost money or revenue as a result.

The majority of these attacks – 82 per cent – could be attributed to tech issues or behaviour related to working from home, the research from software group Diligent found.



Cyber attacks due to working from home have cost businesses £374million since the Covid crisis began, according to research (stock image)


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Cyber attacks due to working from home have cost businesses £374million since the Covid crisis began, according to research (stock image)

Remote working presents huge challenges for businesses’ security due to issues such as weak antivirus software, insecure internet connections and the use of platforms such as Zoom which can be hacked.

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And it could continue to be costly for firms whose employees want to work in a ‘hybrid’ shift pattern that splits time between home and the office. 

Government figures in the year to March 2021 found four in ten businesses and a quarter of UK charities had experienced cyber breaches in the previous year.

Companies including Disney, Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland and FTSE 250 mining services company Weir Group have all fallen prey to hackers – though this was not related to home working. 



Remote working presents huge challenges for businesses’ security due to issues such as weak antivirus software, insecure internet connections and the use of platforms such as Zoom which can be hacked (stock image)


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Remote working presents huge challenges for businesses’ security due to issues such as weak antivirus software, insecure internet connections and the use of platforms such as Zoom which can be hacked (stock image)


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Zoom promises to improve its security and privacy as usage (and concern) soars

Having suddenly found itself with a gigantic increase in usage, Zoom was facing a crisis. It risked losing a large amount of the goodwill it had received because of revelations about its less-than-perfect attitude towards security and privacy.

Lets hope it keeps to its word and begins to threat the safety of its users as a priority.

Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

Graham Cluley