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.
The Executive Committee
| Larry Liu | (Co-President) |
| Asritha Bodepudi | (Co-President) |
| Alex Tong | (CTF Team Lead) |
| Om Patel | (Hardware Technical Director) |
| Minh Do | (Software Technical Director) |
| Sebastion Xu | (Industry Director) |
| Powall Wang | (Treasurer) |
| Rajshree Mehetre | (Design Lead) |
| Lina Li | (Outreach Lead) |
| 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) |