Engin Kirda All Experts

Professor of Information Assurance

Expertise

cybersecurity issues with the potential to affect a large number of people

Contact

ek@ccs.neu.edu

617.373.7484

Engin Kirda In the Media

Engin Kirda for Northeastern

You can’t stop cybercrime. But you can police it.

The U.S. government is expected to announce a new program next month intended to shore up voter registration databases against ransomware attacks ahead of the 2020 presidential election. That’s a good start, says Northeastern professor Engin Kirda, who studies network security. But it’s not enough.
- by Khalida Sarwari September 5, 2019
Global ransomware attacks: the impact and the response

Faculty experts in cybersecurity and business assess the nature and impact of the recent global “ransomware” attacks and what they mean for the institutions affected going forward.
- by Greg St. Martin May 16, 2017
The dangers of the dark web

The dark web—which utilizes a technology created by military researchers in the 1990s to allow intelligence operatives to exchange information completely anonymously—is unknown to…
- by Jason Kornwitz March 30, 2017
The stories that are likely to make headlines in 2017

In the first installment of our two-part series looking at some of the big stories and bright ideas primed to make headlines in the new year, faculty experts explain that politically motivated cyberattacks will continue, innovative solutions to climate change are on the horizon, and bipartisan support for healthcare legislation is possible.
- by Jason Kornwitz January 3, 2017
Researchers aim to thwart targeted cyberattacks

Northeastern cybersecurity expert Engin Kirda and his colleagues have produced groundbreaking research that sheds light on targeted attacks, which represent the growing majority of cyberespionage worldwide taking place today.
- by News@Northeastern August 12, 2014

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