@CyLab

CyLab is @CarnegieMellon's Security & Privacy Institute. Our 300+ researchers are passionate about creating a world in which technology can be trusted.

 Pittsburgh, PA
cylab.cmu.edu
Joined April 2009
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Day 2 of the @CyLab Partners Conference is underway! Dean Burcu Akinci of @CMUEngineering kicked things off with opening remarks, and CyLab faculty member @inplaintext presented the 2026 CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award to @LeaKissner, CISO and Vice President of @LinkedIn.
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Day 1 of the CyLab Partners Conference closed with a student research poster session as well as presentations on generative AI & ML, crypto & blockchain, and our partnerships and research initiatives. Excited to hit the ground running on Wednesday for day 2!
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“What's missing from this conversation that could implicitly encourage that slowdown is assigning liability to certain behaviors.” @cen_sarah , CyLab faculty member, addresses the slowdown of #AI development at the @CyLab Partners Conference panel on the AI Cyber Challenge.
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“People are spending a lot of time trying to automate things, and I need to automate making the problems go away, because the time to exploit is coming down to zero.” @LeaKissner, @LinkedIn CISO & VP, talks ground-level #AI attacks and defenses at the @CyLab Partners Conference.
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“Work smarter, not slower.” @lujobauer, co-director of the @CyLab Cyber Autonomy Initiative, moderated today's opening panel at the CyLab Partners Conference, where panelists discussed the strategic benefits and risks of slowing down #AI development.
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“What used to be a human timescale problem has become a machine timescale problem.” @vyas_sekar, co-director of the @CyLab Cyber Autonomy Initiative, kicked off the 2026 CyLab Partners Conference with a talk on how #AI is currently reshaping #cybersecurity.
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How is #AI reshaping #cybersecurity? At @CMUSwartzCenter’s #LabtoMarket event, panelists explored emerging threats, the need for autonomous defenses, and ways that academic, industry, and government practitioners can collaborate to build more secure AI systems. #CMUStartupWeek
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Want to help cultivate rewarding partnerships in #cybersecurity, #privacy, #AI, and #blockchain research? @CyLab is hiring an Assistant/Associate Director of Partnerships! Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/cylab-hiring
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.@lorrietweet, @CyLab Director, visited Mayor @CoreyOConnorPA of @Pittsburgh this week to discuss her children’s book “Privacy, Please!” and strategies parents and educators of preschoolers can use to have age-appropriate conversations about personal boundaries & digital safety.
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.@CyLab faculty members @lorrietweet and @NormSadeh participated as panelists at “Privacy Regulation Strategies for 2026,” a tech policy forum hosted by @CMUBlockCenter. Learn key findings, read policy recommendations, and watch full panel videos below: cmu.edu/block-center/news-ev…
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Many thanks to @CyLab faculty member @JAldrichPL, Professor in @S3DatCMU & Director of the Software Engineering Ph.D. program, for stopping by CyLab today to share his research on (sub)-structural information flow, a simple, scalable, & general foundation for security reasoning.
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Many thanks to Professor David Kohlbrenner (@dkohlbre) of @uwcse for visiting @CyLab today to share his research on software #security and transistor physics in aging computer systems.
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Data Privacy Day 2026 is underway at the Heinz @HistoryCenter! Stop by the first floor Great Hall between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. for a full day of programming. Details and schedule: privacy.cs.cmu.edu/cmu-priva…
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