Our faculty and students are making headlines with novel approaches to cybersecurity. Read about their projects and discoveries.
March 27, 2025Assistant Professor Tanvir Arafin's course on transportation security led George Mason students to excel in the National Transportation Cybersecurity Competition, showcasing the effectiveness of integrating real-world challenges into academic curricula.
March 17, 2025Virginia CyberSlam 2025 at George Mason University brought together nearly 500 high school students from across the commonwealth for a day of talks and hands-on workshops aimed at inspiring future cybersecurity professionals.
March 7, 2025Professor Peggy Brouse recently earned the prestigious statewide Outstanding Cybersecurity Educator Award. The award recognizes excellence in cybersecurity education and was presented at the annual Commonwealth Cyber Fusion event in Lexington, Virginia, hosted by the Virginia Military Institute.
February 25, 2025Assistant Professor Zhuangdi Zhu is collaborating with the University of Virginia’s Wajih Ul Hassan to develop scalable host-based intrusion detection systems using federated learning, enhancing cybersecurity while ensuring data privacy.
February 13, 2025Jamie Wheeler brings years of real-world experience to the George Mason Cyber Security capstone course.
February 6, 2025George Mason’s EAGLE program, funded by a $3.9 million NSF grant, will support cybersecurity students aiming to work for U.S. government agencies after graduation. The program offers substantial financial support, expert guidance, and hands-on experience through internships.
January 28, 2025Mohamed Gebril is leading a project to enhance threat detection and cybersecurity response mechanisms using generative AI and large language models (LLMs). He aims to automate traditionally manual processes and develop novel methods to detect and mitigate prompt injection attacks, ultimately creating more effective threat detection systems.
January 27, 2025Evgenios Kornaropoulos received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for $648,811 for work on privacy and data security under the title “Encrypted Systems with Fine-Grained Leakage.”
January 27, 2025Students from George Mason University’s Competitive Cybersecurity (MCC) club have dominated in multiple national competitions. The team got 1st place in the 2024 VMI CyberFusion and 2nd place in the 2024 Spring National Cyber League. Next, the students will be competing in the inaugural DistrictCon Hacker Conference on February 21-22.
December 3, 2024Dylan Knoff, president of Mason Competitive Cyber, recently competed internationally as a member of the U.S. Cyber Team.
November 1, 2024Matt Jablonski has been a researcher at George Mason for over a decade. This semester, he joined the faculty.
November 1, 2024A student team from George Mason University’s Center for Secure Information Systems won first place and a prize of $60,000 in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Cyber Resiliency and Measurement Challenge in October 2024.