Dr. Sarah Valente, Jewish Studies, NYC
Description: Dr. Junia Valente is a Senior Security Engineer at Toyota Tsusho Systems US, Inc. She has discovered security vulnerabilities in Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including CVEs in smart children toys, consumer drones, and surveillance systems. Her work has been covered by Forbes and Threatpost Security news.
Dr. Junia Valente is a Senior Security Engineer at TOYOTA TSUSHO SYSTEMS US, Inc. on assignment at Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) . Before joining TMNA, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cyber-Physical Systems Security Lab at The University of Texas at Dallas . She earned her Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering at UT Dallas, under the supervision of Dr. Alvaro Cardenas , where her doctoral dissertation systematically studied security issues and vulnerability trends in Internet of Things (IoT) devices
Her work in IoT has garnered attention from media outlets including Forbes [ article ] [ video ] and Threatpost Security News [ article ] [ podcast ] featuring vulnerabilities she found in IoT devices, including CVE-2017-3209 and CVE-2017-8866 on consumer drones and smart toys . She has also won best paper awards, research competitions, and hackathons [ details ]. Junia has taught graduate-level Information Security courses at UT Dallas, and has worked as a security consultant for BlackBerry Cylance (applic
Junia also holds a M.S. degree in Computer Science with Major in Software Engineering and a B.S. degree in Software Engineering with Minor in Music from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Dr. Sarah Valente, Jewish Studies, NYC