September 11, 2024
The Scholarship for Service (SFS) Program funds the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. UMass Amherst provides scholarships to students whose computer science, electrical and computer engineering, or math degrees are focused on... more
September 10, 2024
Applications for starting a Fall 2024 or Spring 2025 internship are currently open.
Applications received by 9/18/2024 will get priority consideration.
August 16, 2024
D. Dachman-Soled, J. Loss, and Adam O'Neill published a paper at the 2024 ITC Conference.
Breaking RSA is Generically Equivalent to Factoring, with Preprocessing
ITC 2024
July 08, 2024
Congratulations to Professor and director of the UMass Cybersecurity Institute Brian Levine, who was appointed Distinguished Professor following approval by the UMass Board of Trustees for his contributions to research, leadership, teaching, and... more
June 25, 2024
Expanding the cybersecurity ecosystem through graduate and undergraduate education is core to the institute's mission.
June 18, 2024
Max Sonderegger was one of eight graduating seniors chosen by the UMass Amherst Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) Undergraduate Awards Committee to receive its 2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement Award, the college's... more
April 21, 2024
M. Hajiabadi, Adam. O'Neill, R. Langrehr, M. Wang
On the Black-Box Complexity of Private-Key Inner-Product Functional Encryption
TCC 2024
March 31, 2024
The Cybersecurity Institute continues its unique on-campus paid internship program in cooperation with the Digital Evidence Lab of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (AGO) and the Northeastern District Attorney's Office (NWDAO). This... more
March 20, 2024
Dean Laura Haas and Professor Brian Levine, director of the UMass Amherst Cybersecurity Institute, hosted Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell for a discussion and tour of the Digital Evidence Lab. A partnership between the Cybersecurity... more
February 21, 2024
Amir Houmansadr, an associate professor of computer science at UMass Amherst, was interviewed by MassLive about