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Day 2 of the @CyLab Partners Conference is underway! Dean Burcu Akinci of @CMUEngineering kicked things off with opening remarks, and CyLab faculty member @inplaintext presented the 2026 CyLab Distinguished Alumni Award to @LeaKissner, CISO and Vice President of @LinkedIn.
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Day 1 of the CyLab Partners Conference closed with a student research poster session as well as presentations on generative AI & ML, crypto & blockchain, and our partnerships and research initiatives. Excited to hit the ground running on Wednesday for day 2!
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“What's missing from this conversation that could implicitly encourage that slowdown is assigning liability to certain behaviors.”
@cen_sarah , CyLab faculty member, addresses the slowdown of #AI development at the @CyLab Partners Conference panel on the AI Cyber Challenge.
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“People are spending a lot of time trying to automate things, and I need to automate making the problems go away, because the time to exploit is coming down to zero.”
@LeaKissner, @LinkedIn CISO & VP, talks ground-level #AI attacks and defenses at the @CyLab Partners Conference.
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“Work smarter, not slower.”
@lujobauer, co-director of the @CyLab Cyber Autonomy Initiative, moderated today's opening panel at the CyLab Partners Conference, where panelists discussed the strategic benefits and risks of slowing down #AI development.
“What used to be a human timescale problem has become a machine timescale problem.”
@vyas_sekar, co-director of the @CyLab Cyber Autonomy Initiative, kicked off the 2026 CyLab Partners Conference with a talk on how #AI is currently reshaping #cybersecurity.
“You are not good at generating random passwords. Your password manager is.”
Lorrie Cranor (@lorrietweet), @CyLab director, shares tips for creating strong passwords and cultivating good organizational password policies with Veronica Lenard of @SBS News. sbs.com.au/news/article/what…
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As part of Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin’s transformative investment, we’re now known as the Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science! With this new support, we’re ready to ask bigger questions!
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How is #AI reshaping #cybersecurity?
At @CMUSwartzCenter’s #LabtoMarket event, panelists explored emerging threats, the need for autonomous defenses, and ways that academic, industry, and government practitioners can collaborate to build more secure AI systems.
#CMUStartupWeek
Cybersecurity researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and investors will come together at the @CMUSwartzCenter on Sept. 16 for Cyber Innovators Connect, an event designed to strengthen connections across PGH's #cybersecurity and #startup communities. cylab.cmu.edu/news/2026/08/3…
Passkeys may represent the future of logging in, but @CyLab Director @lorrietweet's research has shown that people tend to resist new security features as long as they can. Read what she had to say to @WillOremus of @TheAtlantic about #passkey problems: theatlantic.com/technology/2…
.@CarnegieMellon faculty and students will share their research at next week’s 2026 Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security @SOUPSConference, which takes place August 23-26 in Hannover, Germany. See a full list of the CMU research being presented below: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2026/08/2…
Learn what happened when Reece Rodgers of @WIRED requested a copy of his data from the @McDonalds loyalty program, and why @CyLab Director @lorrietweet told him there are more beneficial approaches to consumers than the 500-plus page dossier he received. wired.com/story/mcdonalds-bu…
.@CarnegieMellon faculty and students will present 10 co-authored papers on a wide range of topics at the 35th @USENIXSecurity Symposium, held this week in Baltimore. See a full list of papers and abstracts below: cylab.cmu.edu/news/2026/08/0… #usesec26
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The incident from @huggingface and @OpenAI (openai.com/index/hugging-fac… huggingface.co/blog/security…) reconfirms the argument we have been making at @CyLab for a Scientific Foundation for Cyber Autonomy (kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/rep…)
Reach out to us to collaborate!
A new white paper from @CarnegieMellon's @CyLab Security Academy examines how artificial intelligence may be changing what cybersecurity competitions measure, and the extent to which performance reflects underlying expertise. cylab.cmu.edu/news/2026/06/2…
Want to help cultivate rewarding partnerships in #cybersecurity, #privacy, #AI, and #blockchain research? @CyLab is hiring an Assistant/Associate Director of Partnerships! Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/cylab-hiring
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.@CyLab has launched a new collaboration with the @AWSstartups Activate Program that will provide cloud computing resources, technical guidance, business mentorship, and go-to-market resources to support CyLab Venture Network startup partners. cylab.cmu.edu/news/2026/06/0…
.@lorrietweet, @CyLab Director, visited Mayor @CoreyOConnorPA of @Pittsburgh this week to discuss her children’s book “Privacy, Please!” and strategies parents and educators of preschoolers can use to have age-appropriate conversations about personal boundaries & digital safety.
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Can posting a “peace sign” selfie put you at an increased risk of biometric identity theft? @CyLab faculty member @vyas_sekar of @CMU_ECE sets the record straight with @laurennfich of @CBSNews: cbsnews.com/news/hackers-fin…
