Cybersecurity
IPRI’s cybersecurity work focuses on the technical and policy aspects of security issues as they relate to the communication networks and software systems affecting the global society and economy.
Our multidisciplinary cybersecurity work covers: the encryption debate, accountability, securing core economic and social infrastructure, measuring cyber risk, cryptography, data sharing, securing the Internet of Things, and developing secure communication channels between ISPs and users.
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Ransomware Readiness Index (RRI): A Proposal to Measure Current Preparedness and Progress Over Time
By Rebecca Spiewak. With increasingly sophisticated threat actor tactics, an expansion of internet-connected services and…
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Defining Success for Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Policy
Written by Sean Atkins1 Since the late 1990s, U.S. policy to secure its critical infrastructure…
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Designing Governable Computing Systems
On March 3, 2021, Daniel Weitzer spoke in an MIT CSAIL talk hosted by Hal…
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Democracy, Disinformation, AI, and Platform Regulation
On January 27, 2021, The CSAIL Computing and Society CoR and the MIT Internet Policy…
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News: Facebook Oversight Board Is Making a Decision on Trump’s Accounts
In a recent Time article, Billy Perrigo discussed how Facebook has created an Oversight Board,…
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COVID-19 Apps: Data Transparency and Data Governance Through UX/UI Design
Written by Stephanie Nguyen & Ilaria Liccardi Nine months after the COVID-19 outbreak in the…
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Legal Risks Faced by Security Researchers: A New Guide
Written by Sunoo Park. Just last month, over 75 prominent security researchers signed a letter…
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News: IPRI Research on Voting by Phone
As the 2020 U.S. Presidential election draws near, discussions on voting techniques and platforms are…
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Managing Cyber Risk with SCRAM, an Innovative Cryptographic Platform
An increasingly large amount of our society and economy depends on our ability to keep…
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Cybersecurity Events
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