About Us
The UMass Cybersecurity Club is an official student organization of the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. We aim to provide meaningful opportunities to students so they can get involved with, and succeed in, the Cybersecurity Industry. In pursuit of these goals, we also hope to create a rich, diverse, Cybersecurity-centric community on campus which welcomes all students equally.
Cybersecurity is the body of technologies, processes and practices designed to protect networks, computers, programs and data from attacks, damages, or unauthorized access. In a computing context, security includes both cybersecurity and physical security. We aim to bring these processes and practices to the attention of UMass students.
In 2020, the Pentest Club joined forces with the UMass Cybersecurity Club. Since 2016, the Pentest Club has competed in competitions including the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition and Capture the Flag events.
Executive Board
| Venkatraman Varatharajan | (Co-President) |
| Tammy Nguyen | (Infrastructure Lead) |
| Arvid Torngrip | (Secretary/Treasurer) |
| Vadim Davydov | (Digital Design Lead) |
| Deveshi Tandon | (Event Coordinator) |
| Ian Stadtlander | (Outreach Lead) |
| Jackson Lasaga-Ivey | (Graphic Design Lead) |
| Matty Harris | (Hardware Technical Director) |
| Katie Han | (Industry Director) |
| Alex Tong | (CTF Organizer) |
| Hayun Jung | (WiCyS Coordinator) |
| Key Anuntaumporn | (Infrastructure Team) |
| Gabriel Ford | (Infrastructure Team) |
| Evan Gagnon | (Club Advisor) |
| Noah Walls | (Club Advisor) |
| Michael Ye | (Competition Team Coordinatior) |
Prior Executives
| Larry Liu | (Co-President) |
| Lina Li | (Co-President) |
| Asritha Bodepudi | (Infrastructure Lead) |
| Om Patel | (Hardware Technical Director) |
| Michael Ye | (Software Technical Director) |
| Rajshree Mehetre | (Design Lead) |
| Preston O'Connor | (Industry Director) |
| Mai Chi Le | (Event Coordinator) |
| Alexandra Kotsinyan | (Treasurer) |
| Evan Gagnon | (Industry Director, Outreach Lead) |
| Junaid Pathan | (Hardware Team Member) |
| Falak Kansara | (Outreach Lead) |
| Tisya Singh | (Infra Team Member) |
| Minh Do | (Software Technical Director) |
| Powall Wang | (Treasurer) |
| Jeremy Dunn | (Advisor) |
| Sebastion Xu | (Industry Director) |
| Ayman Hammad | (Co-President) |
| Sergio Ly | (Co-President) |
| Max Sonderegger | (CTF Team Lead) |
| Ibrahima Keita | (Hardware Technical Director) |
| Dung Nguyen | (Software Technical Director) |
| Jasmine Cai | (Marketing Lead) |
| Murtaza Ujjainwala | (Social Media Lead) |
| Sebastien Christensen | (Co-President) |
| Steven Rossi | (Co-President) |
| Krishna Kumar | (Secretary) |
| Larry Tseng | (Treasurer) |
| Gilbert Hoermann | (Technical Director) |
| Minahil Khan | (Marketing Lead) |
| Aryan Dang | (Faculty Director) |
| Thomas Callaghan | (Industry Director) |
| Jakob Kreuze | (Co-Faculty Director) |
| Dylan Nelson | (Secretary) |
| Mathew Han | (Co-Faculty Director) |
| Sam Harris | (Co-President) |
| Aaron Terentiev | (Co-President, Secretary, Pentest Leader) |
| Caroline Methe | (Treasurer) |
| Joseph Daniel Selvaraaj | (Event Coordinator) |
| Andy Lyu | (Workshop Coordinator) |
| Annapurna Jagasia | (President) |
| Shishir Jakati | (Co-Vice President, Outreach / Communications) |
| Jane Tangen | (Co-Vice President, Education / Workshops) |
| Rachana Lingutla | (Co-President, Outreach / Communications) |
| Elitza Neytcheva | (Co-President, Education / Workshops) |
| Noah Orlando | (Education / Workshops) |
| Stephen Ulich | (Education / Workshops) |
| Vidul Mahendru | (Outreach / Communications) |
| Jake Spinney | (Co-Founder) |
| Jordan Kaplan | (Co-Founder and Communications Advisor) |
