Areas

CIERTA has excellent faculty members who are internationally renowned faculty conducting research almost on all sub-areas of cybersecurity spanning different fields. These sub-areas are listed below along with the covered topics and corresponding faculty names.

Technical Areas: 

IoT/CPS Security

Covered Topics: Smart grid, drones, smart homes, vehicles, and smart cities.

 

Faculty: Raju RangaswamiRuimin SunXuyu WangHadi AminiChristian Poellabauer, Mohammad Ashiqur RahmanKemal AkkayaSelcuk Uluagac, Amin Kharraz, S. S. Iyengar.

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Network Security

Covered Topics: DoS attacks, protocol security, wireless security, social engineering, APTs, key management, Internet security, and zero-trust networking.
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Faculty: Kemal AkkayaJason LiuXuyu WangSelcuk UluagacNiki PissinouJason LiuFahrad Shirani, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, S. S. Iyengar, Julio Ibarra

System Security

Covered Topics: Operating systems security, malware analysis, and web security

 

Faculty: Amin KharrazSelcuk Uluagac, Kemal Akkaya, Mark Finlayson, Ruimin Sun, Christian Poellabouer, Raju Rangaswami, S. S. Iyengar

 

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AI Security.

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Covered Topics: 
Adversarial machine learning, LLM security, Model Protection, Explainability, Ethics, and regulation.
Faculty: Ruimin Sun, Selcuk UluagacFahrad ShiraniYanzhao WuXuyu WangHadi AminiChristian Poellabauer, Kemal Akkaya, Raju Rangaswami, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Taihudur Rahman, Niki Pissinou, S. S. Iyengar

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Hardware Security

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Covered Topics: 
Tamper Proof Devices, Trojans, and PUFs.
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Faculty: Taihudur Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman

 

.Software and Application Security

Covered Topics: Software testing, secure programming, malware/ransomware, and software reverse engineering.
Faculty: Amin KharrazSelcuk UluagacRuimin SunChristian Poellabauer, S. S. Iyengar

 

Theory / Cryptography

Covered Topics: Information theory, formal methods, trust models, and post-quantum crypto.
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Faculty: Farhad Shirani, S. S. Iyengar

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Data/Storage Security

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Covered Topics: 
access control, data anonymization, database security, and cloud security.
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Faculty: Raju RangaswamiRuimin SunXuyu WangHadi AminiChristian Poellabauer.

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Privacy Theory & Technologies

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Covered Topics: 
Homomorphic encryption, multi-party computation, differential privacy, and zero-knowledge proofs..
Faculty: Kemal Akkaya, Xuyu WangHadi AminiYanzhao WuFahrad Shirani

 

 

Interdisciplinary Areas: 

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Usable Security & Privacy

Covered Topics: security and privacy policies, user perspectives, usability, protection against ML, anonymity, privacy-preserving protocols, and privacy-preserving ML.

 

Faculty: Selcuk UluagacKemal AkkayaBogdan Carbunar, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Ruimin Sun, Aslihan (Akkaya) HahnXuyu WangHadi AminiChristian PoellabauerYanzhao WuFahrad Shirani, Niki Pissinou

Misinformation / Disinformation

Covered Topics: NLP/data mining, threat intelligence, online media security, and discourse analysis.
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Faculty: Amin KharrazSelcuk UluagacAslihan (Akkaya) HahnMark Finlayson, Sukumar Ganapati, Bogdan Carbunar, S. S. Iyengar, Donavon A. Johnson

Digital Forensics

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Covered Topics: network forensics, multimedia forensics, deepfakes, cyber-crime, investigation process, and provenance.

Faculty: Alexander PonsSelcuk UluagacKemal AkkayaKenneth G. Furton, S. S. Iyengar, Kemal Akkaya, Raju Rangaswami, Amin Kharraz

 

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Blockchain / Fintech

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Covered Topics:
blockchain security, cryptocurrencies, DAOs, incentives, and fintech apps.
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Faculty: Mohammad Ashiqur RahmanHannibal TravisDonavon A. JohnsonKemal AkkayaSelcuk Uluagac, Sukumar Ganapati, Bogdan Carbunar, S. S. Iyengar

 

Security Policies

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Covered Topics:
policy development, security governance, GDPR, security and society, regulation, and compliance.
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Faculty:Sukumar Ganapati, Kemal Akkaya, Selcuk Uluagac, Donavon A. Johnson.

.Cybersecurity Risk

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Covered Topics:
risk management, cyber insurance, and risk assessment.
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Faculty: Yan Chen, Hadi Amini, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Sukumar Ganapati, S. S. Iyengar, Donavon A. Johnson

 

Cybersecurity Education

Covered Topics: learning models, game-based cybersecurity, workforce development, and cybersecurity leadership.
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Faculty: Hadi AminiYanzhao Wu, Kemal Akkaya, Selcuk Uluagac, Jason Liu, Mohammad Ashiqur Rahman, Sukumar Ganapati, Taihudur Rahman, Amin Kharraz, S. S. Iyengar, Donavon A. Johnson