We are proud to announce that the annual Critical Social Justice week will be moving to fall semester. We’ll see you Monday October 19th through Friday October 23rd, 2015! Save the date!

With summer approaching, UMBC is taking advantage of this great weather by hosting events to bring our alums together once again. 

Retriever Golf Tournament
Monday, June 8, 1 p.m.
Turf Valley
2700 Turf Valley Rd.
Ellicott City, MD 21042

Join us! UMBC is hosting golf tournament for Retrievers past and present to come together and show off their Retriever Pride in support of UMBC Athletics. Gather with family, friends, UMBC Athletics, and alumni.

Register now.

UMBC Night at Camden Yards
Friday, June 12
5:30 picnic, 7:05 game
Camden Yards, Baltimore, MD
Tickets: $25

Watch the Orioles battle the New York Yankees on June 12 as the UMBC Alumni Association hosts this annual event. Enjoy a pre-game bullpen with family, friends, and UMBC alumni. The cost includes a seat in the stadium and a bullpen picnic. Hope to see you there!

Register here.

IT & Engineering Alumni Happy Hour
Wednesday, June 17, 6 – 8 p.m.
Location TBD

Join fellow graduates of the College of Engineering and Information Technology and those who now work in those fields for a networking happy hour. Enjoy fabulous food and drinks while connecting with other IT&E Retrievers.

Click here for more information.

Take a look at our full calendar of alumni events.

Light Point Security Provides Safe Downloads with Metascan

Light Point Web uses Metascan to scan downloads with 40+ anti-malware engines to provide users with advanced threat protection

Baltimore, MD – June 02, 2015 – Light Point Security, provider of safe web browsing solutions, today announced the integration of OPSWAT’s multi anti-malware scanner Metascan into their product Light Point Web. Light Point Web users can now rest assured that every file is thoroughly scanned by Metascan Online with 40+ anti-malware engines before downloading.

Light Point Web is a browser plugin that provides safe web browsing to users by transparently launching browsing sessions on a remote virtual machine. This means that whether a website’s code is malicious or not, the user’s computer will never be exposed to it. When the user ends the browsing session, the one-time use virtual machine is automatically destroyed, along with any malware it may have been exposed to.

In order to provide safe downloads to users, Light Point Security has integrated Metascan’s fast multi-scanning technology. Before a file is downloaded onto the user’s system, Metascan Online scans the file with 40+ anti-malware engines, using hash lookups on previous results for optimized processing. By checking files against a database of millions of malware signatures, Metascan Online provides robust malware protection and optimized new threat detection. If the file is found to contain a threat, the download will be blocked.

Zuly Gonzalez, Co-founder and CEO of Light Point Security, said: “Metascan gives our users the peace of mind that their downloads are malware free, and relieves Light Point Security from the task of having to license, maintain and continually update multiple anti-malware engines.”

Mike Spykerman, Vice President of Product Management at OPSWAT said: “We are thrilled with the integration of our product Metascan into Light Point Web. Metascan’s fast multi-scanning technology results in significantly higher malware detection rates and provides Light Point Web users with optimal threat detection”.

About Metascan

Metascan is a powerful and flexible multi-scanning solution that can quickly scan files with multiple anti-malware engines to detect and block advanced threats. By using up to 40 anti-malware engines from vendors like Symantec, ESET, McAfee, and many others, Metascan technology increases detection rates for all types of malware without the hassle of licensing and maintaining multiple antivirus engines. Engines integrated into Metascan are optimized to scan simultaneously for fast, high performance scanning. An evaluation version of Metascan is available from the OPSWAT portal.

About Light Point Security

Light Point Security is an award-winning Baltimore-based cyber security company that offers an innovative solution for safe web browsing for consumers, SMBs and enterprises. Light Point Web protects users by installing a browser plugin that transparently launches browsing sessions on a remote virtual machine so that no website content ever reaches their computers. A 14-day trial version is available from the Light Point Security website.

About OPSWAT

OPSWAT is a San Francisco-based software company that provides solutions to secure and manage IT infrastructure. Founded in 2002, OPSWAT delivers solutions that provide manageability of endpoints and networks, and that help organizations protect against zero day attacks by using multiple antivirus engine scanning and document sanitization. OPSWAT’s intuitive applications and comprehensive development kits are deployed by SMB, enterprise and OEM customers to more than 100 million endpoints worldwide.

Media Contact:

Zuly Gonzalez

443-459-1590

info@lightpointsecurity.com

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Baltimore company to develop tool to detect phony catfish

In the low key Rock N’ Roll Hotel, emerging rock band Joywave performed their first headline show. Vocalist Daniel Armbruster entertained the packed crowd with inside jokes, intimate stories, and warm thanks. Playing every song from their debut album ‘How Do You Feel Now’, the Rochester natives encored with songs ‘Destruction’ and ‘Tongues’ twice. Kopps, featured on the song ‘Tongues’ opened up for the band and came on stage for the encore performance. If you’re a fan of eclectic rock bands, check them out!

*Due to the low lighting at the venue, I decided to make all the photos B&W for aesthetics.*

Write and Photos by Paul Oh

Passion Pit came back to the DMV area; this time touring with their latest album Kindred. HOLYCHILD opened up for the band. Playing two sold out shows back-to-back, Passion Pit played a wide range of songs from their discography, ranging from early hit ‘Sleepyhead’ to recent single ‘Where The Sky Hangs’. With a large light set-up, Passion Pit blew away audiences with a stacked set list that most audience members already knew the lyrics to. If you’re fan of synth pop, check them out!

Write and Photos by Paul Oh

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