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

Cybersecurity

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…
- by Greg St. Martin May 16, 2017
Cybersecurity

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
Health

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…
- by Jason Kornwitz January 3, 2017
Science & Technology

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…
- by Northeastern News August 12, 2014