The University of Massachusetts Cybersecurity Institute is a multi-disciplinary home for security research and education at UMass. The driving mission of the Institute is to advance Security for the Common Good. Researchers and educators that are a part of the Institute lead projects and courses that help society, including increasing privacy, protecting personal information, thwarting exploitation of the vulnerable, and increasing access to the Internet.  Working with partners in government, industry, and academia, the Institute seeks to advance scientific and societal understanding of pressing issues in the field.

Faculty and students that are part of the Institute work in research areas spanning security, privacy, and forensics challenges in networking and communications, embedded systems, software engineering, software systems, applied cryptography, policy, cryptocurrency, and more. Across many colleges, we offer a world-class curriculum in security as part of certificates and BA, BS, MS, and PhD degrees.


 

 

Recent News

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April 15, 2025
Assistant Professors Donghyun Kim and Eugene Bagdasarian started an initiative for Western Mass high school students in STEM. Pioneer Leaders in AI and Robotics (PLAIR) is an outreach program initiated by faculties from the Manning College of... more
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April 15, 2025
Euguene Bagdasarian and Shlomo Zilberstein received a new 500k grant from Schmidt Sciences: 
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March 30, 2025
Eugene Bagdasarian gave an invited talk at the Apple Privacy-Preserving AI workshop.
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March 19, 2025
In this seminar, we will invite leading experts to discuss cutting-edge research in advancing the safety and trustworthiness of GenAI. This is a 1-credit class where students are expected to attend talks in person, participate in discussions, and... more
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March 10, 2025
UMass Cybersecurity Club is one of the top 12 universities to reach the Global Finals of the Collegiate Pentesting Competition in Rochester, NY. The competition consisted of the Bugcrowd sponsored team and many other teams finding vulnerabilities... more