About CyLab

Carnegie Mellon CyLab is a bold and visionary effort, which establishes public-private partnerships to develop new technologies for measurable, secure, available, trustworthy, and sustainable computing and communications systems. CyLab is a world leader in both technological research and the education of professionals in information assurance, security technology, business and policy, as well as security awareness among cybercitizens of all ages.

Building on more than two decades of Carnegie Mellon leadership in Information Technology, CyLab is a university-wide initiative that involves more than 50 faculty and 100 graduate students from more than six different departments and schools.

CyLab provides technology resources and expertise in four areas:

  1. Technology transfer to and from the public sector
  2. Technology transfer to and from the private sector
  3. Development of Information Assurance professionals
  4. National awareness programs and tools

Fast Facts

CyLab was founded in 2003 and is one of the largest university-based cybersecurity research and education centers in the U.S. Here are some quick facts - CyLab is:

  • A National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberTrust Center
  • Affiliated with CERT, at the Software Engineering Institute
  • A key partner in NSF-funded Center for Team Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology
  • A National Security Agency (NSA):
    • Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE-IA),
    • Center for Academic Excellence in Research (CAE-R), and
    • Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations (CAE-Cyber Ops)

 

campus affiliations

CERT, at the Software Engineering Institute

Information Networking Institute

School of Computer Science

Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

Engineering & Public Policy Department

Heinz School of Public Policy & Management

Department of Statistics

Tepper School of Business

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