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.

When Does Failure Become a Good Thing?

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.