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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News: Is the US Gov’t Tech Illiterate? R. David Edelman Explains
Published on 2017-05-24IPRI’s R. David Edelman was featured and quoted by WIRED in “The US Government Isn’t…
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IPRI MIT Funding Awards
Published on 2017-05-19MIT’s interdisciplinary Internet Policy Research Initiative (IPRI) awarded $1.5 million to researchers across campus working…
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News: Edelman on US Administration’s Cybersecurity plan timeline
Published on 2017-04-21Donald Trump misses his own cyber security plan deadline after promising to deliver in 90…
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Speech: Brenner – Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Attacks
Published on 2017-03-23Joel Brenner gave a presentation on protecting America’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks to InfraGard,…
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Event: Julia Angwin – Algorithmic Accountability – March 23, 2017
Published on 2017-03-19On 23 March 2017 (Thursday), MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative hosted ProPublica’s Julia Angwin for…
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News: Dr. Joel Brenner discussing intelligence leaks (MSNBC)
Published on 2017-03-09IPRI’s Joel Brenner was featured today on the MSNBC program “For the Record with Greta”….
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News: R. David Edelman on robots, jobs and cyberwarfare (Washington Post)
Published on 2017-03-08‘This is an all hands on deck thing’: A former Obama technology adviser on robots,…
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R. David Edelman Joins MIT’s Internet Policy Research Initiative (IPRI)
Published on 2017-03-08CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On March 8, 2017, MIT announced that R. David Edelman, former White…
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Blog: Specter – On Deniability and Duress
Published on 2017-03-06Imagine you’re at a border crossing, and the guard asks you to hand over all…
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News: MIT cybersecurity expert urges collaboration to fight threats (Consumer Appeal)
Published on 2017-03-06The Commercial Appeal 06-Mar-2017, by Kevin McKenzie Don’t look for the government, market forces, vendors…
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