Hanan Hibshi
Assistant Teaching Professor, Information Networking Institute
Hanan Hibshi is an assistant teaching professor at the Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, and one of the research investigators for the CMUS’ picoCTF educational platform. Hibshi’s research areas include usable security and privacy, cybersecurity education, security requirements, mobile and IoT Security, expert’s decision-making, and ML and AI for security and privacy.
Hibshi received a Ph.D. in societal computing from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.S. in information security technology and management from the Information Networking Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to her academic career, she had had some experience working in the banking industry.
Hibshi is interested in studying security experts; how to better train experts and how to develop intelligent tools that better accommodate their needs. One example of Hibshi’s research is her early research findings that had attracted the attention of an international, multi-institution collaboration with the University of Nottingham. Her work examined the intersection between security requirements risk assessment and empirical data-driven intelligent systems using fuzzy logic.
Hibshi has published in top venues, and she reviews research submissions at top security, privacy, and software engineering venues.
Education
2018 Ph.D., Societal Computing, Carnegie Mellon University
2011 M.S., Information Security Technology and Management, Carnegie Mellon University
2003 B.S., Computer Science, King Abdul-Aziz University
Research Interests
- AI and ML for security
- Applications of security and privacy
- cybersecurity
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Measurement and analysis
- ML and AI
- mobile and app security and privacy
- privacy enhancing technologies
- privacy policy and regulation
- risk analysis
- security education, awareness, and training
- usability
- usable privacy and security
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
picoCTF impresses at the Women in Cybersecurity Conference
The team behind picoCTF, CyLab’s educational platform aiming to bring more people into the field of cybersecurity, made sure its platform was present at this year’s conference for Women in Cybersecurity.
CBS Pittsburgh
Hibshi interviewed on CMU’s picoCTF mini-competition
CyLab/INI’s Hanan Hibshi appeared on CBS Pittsburgh to speak about CMU’s picoCTF mini-competition, a cybersecurity contest designed for younger students. The picoMini took place between May 7 and 10, 2021 and demonstrated real cybersecurity challenges.
Yahoo Finance
Hibshi quoted on cybersecurity training
CyLab/INI’s Hanan Hibshi was quoted in Yahoo Finance about the importance of new cybersecurity experts in the midst of numerous large-scale hacks.
Authority Magazine
Hibshi interviewed about cybersecurity
CyLab/INI’s Hanan Hibshi was interviewed by Authority Magazine about the cybersecurity industry, its future, and the importance of the field as everyday use of technology grows.
Engineering faculty named Provost’s Inclusive Teaching Fellows
Congratulations to EPP’s Daniel Armanios, CEE’s Sarah Christian and David Rounce, INI’s Hanan Hibshi, and MSE’s Vincent Sokalski on being selected as 2021-2022 Provost’s Inclusive Teaching Fellows at the Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
picoCTF announces 2021 competition winners
Last month, picoCTF, which over the course of nearly a decade has become the world’s largest online hacking competition, held its 2021 competition.
Multiple Sources
Hibshi quoted on CMU’s picoCTF competition
CyLab/INI's Hanan Hibshi was quoted on The CyberWire podcast, Security Magazine, and ELearning Inside on CMU’s cybersecurity competition, picoCTF.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
The world’s largest online hacking competition launches next week
picoCTF 2021 begins March 16 at 12 p.m. and concludes March 30 at 3 p.m. ET. Participation is free, and all one needs to participate is a computer with basic Internet access.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
picoCTF to hold 2020 Mini Competition in October
In celebration of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, picoCTF will be holding a mini competition during the month of October. The competition will consist of series of cybersecurity challenges of intermediate difficulty in the topics of reverse engineering, forensics, web, and binary exploitation problems.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Three CyLab papers presented at the FTC’s PrivacyCon 2020
Three CyLab papers were presented at this year’s PrivacyCon, focusing on privacy and security nutrition labels, making privacy choices easier, and perceptions of advanced video analytics.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
picoCTF announces next competition dates
The world's largest hacking competition, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, has announced the dates of its next competition.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
IoT labels will help consumers figure out which devices are spying on them
A team of CyLab researchers have developed a prototype security and privacy “nutrition label” that performed well in user tests. To develop the label, the team consulted with a diverse group of 22 security and privacy experts across industry, government, and academia.