Security & Privacy

The Software Systems Laboratory bagged Best Paper Awards at the 15th USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI 2021) and the 2021 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC 2021).

Bellovin shares his second lifetime award with Tufts’ Susan Landau and Georgetown’s Matt Blaze for their work on computer science, computer security, law, and public policy.

Joon Baek (CC'21 & MS SEAS'25) and Zino Haro (SEAS'20) launched Youth for Privacy, a nonprofit that raises awareness about online privacy rights and cybersecurity.
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.