Facilitating collaborative research and training
Cybersecurity and privacy are emerging as central issues our society needs to tackle in the coming decade to secure our future. The Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI) at the University of Waterloo, is tackling these challenges head-on by fostering interdisciplinary research collaborations and increasing the visibility and strength of Waterloo's cybersecurity and privacy research. CPI is advancing discovery and partnerships in numerous areas.
CPI’s vision is to be internationally recognized as a leading interdisciplinary research institute making significant impacts in improving information security and human privacy. Waterloo is uniquely capable of devising effective cybersecurity and privacy tools and technologies, commercializing these advancements, developing the next generation of cybersecurity leaders, and leading industry-academic collaboration.
News
Crypto 2019 Best Young Researcher Award
C&O graduate students Samuel Jaques and John Schanck have won the Best Young Researcher Paper Award at Crypto 2019, the 39th Annual International Cryptology Symposium.
CPI announces new industry collaboration at True North
The Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute (CPI) hosted the All Hands On Deck for a Security Incident workshop at True North 2019 and announced their new industry collaboration with CyberCity, a Waterloo Region cybersecurity industry organization.
Professor Florian Kerschbaum speaks about cybersecurity, privacy and ethics in the age of machine learning and AI at World Affairs Conference
Cheriton School of Computer Science Professor Florian Kerschbaum spoke about cybersecurity, privacy and ethics in the age of machine learning and artificial intelligence to high school students at the 2019 World Affairs Conference, held this year on February 4 to 5, 2019 in Toront
App will protect confidential data when crossing borders
Computer scientists at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science have found a novel method to help travellers protect sensitive information from border control agents.
The system is being developed into an app called “Shatter Secrets” by Erinn Atwater, who is the research director of the not-for-profit Open Privacy, an organization dedicated to understanding, researching and serving the privacy needs of marginalized and highly targeted at-risk communities.