Columbia University in the City of New York

Security & Privacy

CertiK, a Web3 Security Company, Doubles Its Valuation to $2 Billion in Just 3 Months

Assistant Professor Ronghui Gu's blockchain security firm CertiK is considered a unicorn company.

Virtual Security Testbed Helps Policymakers Prepare for Real-World Threats

What if we could simulate national cybersecurity policy before implementing it? This new computational tool aims to do just that.

Making Our Computers More Secure

Associate Professor Simha Sethumadhavan, Mohamed Tarek, and Miguel Arroyo design new techniques to bolster memory safety; ideas are now being used by Air Force Research Lab.

About

The security group works on a diverse set of security and privacy issues arising across the software/hardware stack.

The key research goal of the group is to design, develop, and deploy principled solutions for improving the security and privacy aspects of computer systems.

The group has a broad set of expertise ranging from systems security to designing privacy policies. It is a highly collaborative group and most of their students are co-advised by multiple faculty members.