Novel transmitter protects wireless data from hackers | MIT News
Device uses ultrafast “frequency hopping” and data encryption to protect signals from being intercepted and jammed.
June 11, 2018 • ~9 min
Vinod Vaikuntanathan wins Edgerton Faculty Award | MIT News
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty member is honored for his innovative work in cybersecurity and his engaging teaching style.
April 23, 2018 • ~5 min
Private browsing gets more private | MIT News
New system patches security holes left open by web browsers’ private-browsing functions.
Feb. 22, 2018 • ~7 min
Energy-efficient encryption for the internet of things | MIT News
Special-purpose chip reduces power consumption of public-key encryption by 99.75 percent, increases speed 500-fold.
Feb. 12, 2018 • ~6 min
Gregory Falco: Protecting urban infrastructure against cyberterrorism | MIT News
PhD student works at the intersection of urban planning and computer science.
Sept. 5, 2017 • ~8 min
Internet of things: Let the avatars talk to each other | MIT News
Sanjay Sarma has focused his research on new uses for RFID and security for the internet of things.
May 30, 2017 • ~7 min
Using Bitcoin to prevent identity theft | MIT News
System piggybacks on the digital currency’s security protocols to thwart hijacked servers.
May 23, 2017 • ~7 min
New funding enables work on Internet policy and cybersecurity for key infrastructure | MIT News
Work made possible by grants from the Internet Policy Research Initiative.
May 19, 2017 • ~4 min
MIT experts urge Trump administration to take immediate action on cybersecurity | MIT News
Report warns of hacking risk to electric grid, oil pipelines, and other critical infrastructure.
March 28, 2017 • ~5 min
Ernest Moniz named co-chair and CEO of Nuclear Threat Initiative | MIT News
Physics professor and former U.S. Energy Secretary will lead nuclear security nonprofit while continuing his work at MIT.
March 23, 2017 • ~2 min
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