Affiliated Labs

CRISSP provides an umbrella for many different research labs that are affiliated (in different ways) with our center.

ISIS Lab

The Information Systems and Internet Security (ISIS) Laboratory is a NSF-funded lab consisting of heterogeneous platforms and multiple interconnected networks to facilitate hands-on experimentation and project work related to information security. It provides focus for multidisciplinary research and education in emerging areas of information security at Polytechnic Institute of NYU.

Current research areas include computer and network security, digital forensics, hardware for secure systems, digital watermarking, and steganography. Courses supported by the ISIS lab include those related to computer and network security.

Secure Systems Lab

The Secure Systems Lab is run by Prof Cappos and hosts 19 students: 4 PhD students, 8 MS students, and 7 undergraduates. The overarching theme of the group is to understand and build systems that can operate securely in practice. Our current work focuses on virtualization, cloud computing, peer-to-peer systems, performance isolation, software update system security, private information retrieval, virtual private networks, and smartphone security. We host several high profile projects in the lab including the Seattle testbed, a peer-to-peer network testbed which is deployed on thousands devices including phones, tablets, desktops, and laptops around the world.

Our recent research has resulted in papers in top conferences in networking, systems, education, andย  security conferences. Our work on software update security was a finalist for the 2010 CSAW AT&T Award for Best Applied Security Research Paper (which is awarded to the best practical security paper in the prior year regardless of venue). Five students who worked in Prof Cappos’ lab were awarded CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Honorable Mentions for their research effort. Two students in Prof Cappos’ group were awarded NSF Fellowships. Many of the students who worked on this research have gone on to graduate school, including seven who were admitted to a top-10 CS department. Our research has also seen extensive practical use. The Seattle testbed has been used in 24 networking, security or distributed classes to date. Our package manager security model was adopted by most popular Linux package managers (including apt, yum, Pacman, and YaST). As a result, the majority of Linux systems leverage security innovations pioneered through our research.

For More information, please refer to the lab’s website.

PKI/Trust Lab

The NYU-Poly PKI/Trust Lab is committed to research in the area of Public Key Systems, Identity Management, Usable Security, and Privacy. The PKI/Trust Lab research work is committed to advance the state of the art in network and application services for strong authentication and authorization. The PKI/Trust Lab focus on interoperability and manageability, trust and delegation, and usability of Public Key Technologies with respect of developers, deployers, and users. The Lab is directed by Massimiliano Pala.

For More information, please refer to the lab’s website.

The Secure Systems Lab is run by Prof Cappos and hosts 19 students:
4 PhD students, 8 MS students, and 7 undergraduates.   The overarching
theme of the group is to understand and build systems that can operate
securely in practice.   Our current work focuses on virtualization, cloud
computing, peer-to-peer systems, performance isolation, software update
system security, private information retrieval, virtual private networks,
and smartphone security.   We host several high profile projects in the
lab including the Seattle testbed, a peer-to-peer network testbed which
is deployed on thousands devices including phones, tablets, desktops,
and laptops around the world.

Our recent research has resulted in papers in top conferences in networking,
systems, education, and security conferences.  Our work on software update
security was a finalist for the 2010 CSAW AT&T Award for Best Applied Security
Research Paper (which is awarded to the best practical security paper in
the prior year regardless of venue).   Five students who worked in Prof Cappos'
lab were awarded CRA Outstanding Undergraduate
Honorable Mentions for their research effort.  Two students in Prof Cappos'
group were awarded NSF Fellowships.   Many of the
students who worked on this research have gone on to graduate school,
including seven who were admitted to a top-10 CS department.   Our research
has also seen extensive practical use.   The Seattle testbed has been used
in 24 networking, security or distributed classes to date.   Our package
manager security model was adopted by most popular Linux package managers
(including apt, yum, Pacman, and YaST).   As a result,
the majority of Linux systems leverage security innovations pioneered through
our research.
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