Cybersecurity

Overview

The Cybersecurity group at Oregon State develops tools and techniques to protect sensitive data and infrastructure against malicious attacks. We study problems that arise as a result of computation and storage in hostile environments. Our work includes adversarial threat modeling, design of novel protection mechanisms, and analysis of their guarantees.

Our faculty members have specific expertise spanning from foundations of cryptography to network security to cyber-physical and IoT system security. For example, we are actively developing techniques for performing computations (database search, data mining) on information while it remains in encrypted form; and strategies to detect and mitigate cyber-attacks on power grids and other infrastructure.

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The age of Big Data and cloud computing has created greater demand for advanced cryptography. To store data on the cloud safely it must be encrypted; in order to use the data it needs to be decrypted, at which point it becomes vulnerable to attacks. In this podcast, learn how professors Mike Rosulek and Attila Yavuz are finding new ways to perform operations on encrypted data without leaking critical information.

Sub Areas

  • Theoretical & Applied Cryptography
  • Network Security
  • Security in Outsourced Cloud Settings
  • Privacy Enhancing Technologies
  • Computing on Encrypted Data
  • Cyber-physical Systems Security
  • IoT & Distributed Systems Security
  • Authentication and Integrity in Critical Systems
  • Trustworthy Machine Learning

Faculty

Houssam Abbas

Houssam Abbas

Assistant Professor

Email

houssam.abbas@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Cybersecurity | Communications and Signal Processing | Networking and Computer Systems | Theoretical Computer Science

Rakesh Bobba

Rakesh Bobba

Associate Professor

Email

rakesh.bobba@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Energy Systems | Cybersecurity | Networking and Computer Systems

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Glencora Borradaile

Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate, Faculty, and Staff Affairs

Email

glencora.borradaile@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Cybersecurity | Theoretical Computer Science

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Michael Curry

Associate Professor, Teaching

Email

michael.curry@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Cybersecurity

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Brandon Ellis

Assistant Professor of Practice

Email

brandon.ellis@oregonstate.edu

Kyle Hale

Kyle C. Hale

Associate Professor

Email

kyle.hale@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Networking and Computer Systems | Cybersecurity

Bechir Hamdaoui

Bechir Hamdaoui

Professor

Email

hamdaoui@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Cybersecurity | Communications and Signal Processing | Networking and Computer Systems

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Robert Henry

Assistant Professor of Practice in Cybersecurity

Email

robert.henry@oregonstate.edu

Sanghyun Hong

Sanghyun Hong

Assistant Professor

Email

sanghyun.hong@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Cybersecurity

Vincent Immler

Vincent Immler

Assistant Professor

Email

vincent.immler@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Electronic Materials and Devices | Integrated Electronics | Cybersecurity

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Zane Ma

Assistant Professor

Email

zane.ma@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Cybersecurity | Networking and Computer Systems

Dave Nevin

Dave Nevin

Associate Professor of Practice

Email

dave.nevin@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Cybersecurity

Michael Rosulek

Michael Rosulek

Professor

Email

mike.rosulek@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Cybersecurity | Theoretical Computer Science

Jiayu Xu

Jiayu Xu

Assistant Professor

Email

xujiay@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Cybersecurity | Theoretical Computer Science

Affiliated Faculty

Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez.

Eduardo Cotilla-Sanchez

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Additional Positions

Professor

Email

ecs@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Energy Systems

Tom Dietterich

Thomas G. Dietterich

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Additional Positions

CoRIS Associate Director of Policy

Email

tgd@cs.orst.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Alan Fern

Alan Fern

Professor

Email

alan.fern@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Jinsub Kim

Jinsub Kim

Associate Professor

Email

jinsub.kim@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Energy Systems | Communications and Signal Processing

Portrait of Anita Sarma.

Anita Sarma

Professor

Additional Positions

Interim Associate School Head for Undergraduate and Research Programs

Email

anita.sarma@oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction

Weng-Keen Wong

Weng-Keen Wong

Professor

Additional Positions

OSU Site Director, Pervasive Personalized Intelligence Center

Email

wong@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Research Groups

Data Science and Engineering | Artificial Intelligence and Robotics