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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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The logo for the 34th USENIX Security Symposium.

Faculty and Students Present at USENIX Security Symposium

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Carnegie Mellon faculty and students will present on a wide range of topics at the 34th USENIX Security Symposium held in Seattle on August 13-15. The event brings together experts from around the world, who will highlight the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.

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Group shot of the members of the Capture the Flag team.

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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