The Cybersecurity Center leads research projects that dive deep into connected systems – smart home devices, cars, and databases – to ensure high-level security from threats such as hacking and phishing.
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Fresh-Phish Framework
This project is focused on building a dataset and analyzing machine learning classifiers against this dataset to determine which is most accurate in detecting phishing attacks.
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The Internet of Things Lab
This project explores unique identification models and fine-grained access control models for IoT devices, including smart phones, door cameras, smart locks, and many more.
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Covid-19
This project addresses the critical problem of defining and identifying spurious data and news concerning COVID-19 and tracking the source of misinformation.
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Heavy Vehicle Security
This project investigates security weaknesses of the SAE J1939 protocol stack and proposes practically deployable solutions to counter some of the impending threats.
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Energy Security
This project studies cyber-physical control and energy systems using the best tools and people available to ensure the safety of critical energy infrastructure.
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Firmware Security
This project focuses on developing efficient testing techniques at the BIOS/Firmware level and developing robust protocols based on code signing and verification.