Cybersecurity

The world has never been more connected. With the emergence of the Internet of Things, technology permeates nearly every aspect of our lives, creating opportunities to increase the standard of living while also introducing new threats to security and privacy. Faculty in the College of Engineering are teaching and researching a range of topics in cybersecurity and privacy, from securing software and network systems to making security and privacy more usable.

Cybersecurity videos

As a Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, Carnegie Mellon University has met rigorous requirements set forth by the National Security Agency and has earned the following designations:

Mar 5

Artificial Intelligence

Helping African fintech companies provide secure services

Carnegie Mellon University Africa’s Upanzi Network in collaboration with Approov have created APKIT, an accessible cybersecurity tool for financial technology developers.

Seunghyun Lee discovered a series of bugs in Google Chrome’s WebAssembly type system that earned him a bug bounty, which he generously donated to CMU's picoCTF cybersecurity education platform.

Student donates bug bounty to support picoCTF’s cybersecurity education efforts

Jan 14

Artificial Intelligence

An app to detect birth asphyxia in Africa

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University are developing an app called HumekaFL to detect birth asphyxia in newborn babies in developing countries.

Dec 23

News & Events

Enabling developers to write provably correct software

Researchers have made it possible for non-experts to formally prove that their code is correct, reliable, and secure.

Nov 20

Artificial Intelligence

CMU-Africa expands digital public infrastructure initiative

The Upanzi Network will fund research projects in Morocco, Botswana, and South Africa, with plans for additional partnerships.

Oct 22

Artificial Intelligence

How CMU Portugal primes startups

CMU Portugal fosters entrepreneurship and the results continue to exceed expectations.

Sep 23

News & Events

CyLab hosts top cybersecurity researchers

On Sept. 4-5, more than 500 of the world’s leading cyber-systems researchers convened in Pittsburgh for the 2024 National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Principal Investigators’ Meeting (NSF SaTC PI), hosted by Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Security and Privacy Institute.

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, CMU’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its third straight title, earning its record eighth win in the past 12 years.

CMU hacking team wins eighth DEF CON Capture-the-Flag title

Jun 3

News & Events

Three-peat for CMU hacking team at MITRE cybersecurity tournament

The winning streak continues for Carnegie Mellon’s competitive hacking team, Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), who claimed first prize at the MITRE Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) competition for the third consecutive year.

Mar 21

News & Events

CyLab researchers develop a taxonomy for AI privacy risks

A team of Carnegie Mellon University researchers constructed a taxonomy of AI privacy risks by analyzing 321 documented AI privacy incidents. The team’s goal was to codify how the unique capabilities and requirements of AI technologies described in those incidents generated new privacy risks, exacerbated known ones, or otherwise did not meaningfully alter known risks.

Aug 29

News & Events

Scalable manufacturing unlocks potential of soft electronics

New research from Burak Ozdoganlar, Carmel Majidi, and Kadri Burga Ozutemiz seeks to develop a scalable manufacturing method that combines the best of quality and quantity on a miniature scale, with the potential to reimagine how wearable medical devices are made.

Aug 14

News & Events

Carnegie Mellon’s hacking team wins 7th DEF CON Capture-the-Flag title

The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, CMU’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning defended its title, earning its seventh victory in the past 11 years.

Xi (Charlie) Ren, Victoria Webster-Wood, and Ding Zhao have received the honor for their contributions to their respective fields.

2023 Dean’s Early Career Fellows announced

May 2

News & Events

Wambui Njogu’s path to a career in cybersecurity

On a journey that’s taken her from Kenya to Rwanda to Pittsburgh, MSIT student Wambui Njogu looks back on the experiences that instilled her passion for cybersecurity and how she developed her skills at CMU-Africa.

Apr 3

News & Events

CyLab to host CMU-Africa Week in Pittsburgh

The CyLab Security and Privacy Institute will host CMU-Africa Week April 10-14 on Carnegie Mellon University’s Pittsburgh campus.

Sep 27

News & Events

A new initiative to drive financial inclusion in Africa

Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will bring together academia, government, and the private sector to make digital financial services more accessible.

Sep 8

Artificial Intelligence

Transformational growth at CMU-Africa

A historic partnership with the Mastercard Foundation will expand the engineering and technology, research, and entrepreneurship programs at CMU-Africa, helping to strengthen Africa’s technology, innovation, and research ecosystem.

Aug 15

News & Events

Carnegie Mellon’s hacking team wins DEF CON

CMU’s hacking team, the Plaid Parliament of Pwning, joined forces with the University of British Columbia’s team and researchers from Theori.io to win this year’s DEF CON Capture the Flag competition.