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Carnegie Mellon boasts one of the largest university-based security research and education centers in the world

Our faculty work in all areas of security: software security, network security, formal methods, threat analysis and modeling, cryptography, business risk assessment and economic implications, and usable privacy and security.

Our efforts come together in CyLab, a unique multidisciplinary, university-wide organization devoted to computer security research. CyLab draws its more than 50 faculty and 130 grad students from six colleges. Current interdisciplinary CyLab research thrusts include trustworthy computing platforms and devices; next-generation secure and available networks; mobility; security of cyber-physical systems; secure home computing; survivable distributed systems and outsourced services; and privacy protection.

https://www.cylab.cmu.edu

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CMU Scores Fourth Straight Victory at MITRE eCTF Cybersecurity Competition

Thursday, May 15, 2025
A team of 15 students from Carnegie Mellon University have won the 2025 Embedded Capture the Flag (eCTF) security competition, securing CMU’s fourth straight win. The Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP) team is made up of students from the CMU Robotics Institute (RI), Information Networking Institute (INI), Electrical and Computer Engineering department (ECE) and Computer Science department (CSD).
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Researchers Working in this Area

Last First Professional Title
Aldrich Jonathan Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Andersen David Professor
Balzer Stephanie Assistant Professor
Blum Manuel University Professor Emeritus
Brumley David Professor of ECE, Affiliated Faculty
Crary Karl Associate Professor, Director of Doctoral Programs
Fanti Giulia Associate Professor, Affiliated Faculty
Fredrikson Matt Associate Professor
Garlan David Professor
Harper Robert Professor
Hoffmann Jan Associate Professor
O'Donnell Ryan Professor
Parno Bryan Professor
Pfenning Frank Professor
Satyanarayanan Mahadev Jaime Carbonell University Professor of Computer Science
Sherry Justine Associate Professor
Skarlatos Dimitrios Assistant Professor
Steenkiste Peter Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Wing Jeannette Adjunct Faculty
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