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 cyber-citizens of all ages.

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

As a vital resource in the effort to address cyber vulnerabilities that threaten national and economic security, CyLab is closely affiliated with CERT® Coordination Center, a leading, internationally recognized center of internet security expertise.