Since 2015, CLTC has directly funded more than 160 projects by UC Berkeley students, faculty & affiliates on original cybersecurity research topics, in addition to developing our own white papers, publications, blogs, policy analysis and recommendations, and open-source curricula and toolkits.
November 27, 2024
Grant
By: Changcheng Fan
Internet censorship is a critical human rights issue, as the internet has rapidly become the primary mode of communication globally. While many censorship circumvention tools exist, they are…
November 27, 2024
Grant
By: Brandon Dang, Boo Park, Jennifer Telisczak, Dante Terminella
This capstone project addresses an urgent need in society through an innovative approach: a role-playing mobile game designed to teach users, particularly seniors and non-tech professionals, about social…
November 27, 2024
Grant
By: Zhun Wang
Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT have greatly advanced coding tasks but often fail to generate secure code. Current approaches to improving code security, relying on fine-tuning,…
November 27, 2024
Grant
By: Diana Chen, Hannah Ellis
This project explores the potential of community networks as a solution to issues related to high costs, surveillance, and limited resilience in traditional internet infrastructure. While major ISPs…
November 27, 2024
Grant
By: Salia Asanova, Kaiting Chang, Cynthia Chen, Casey Hou
This project explores the challenges and design requirements involved in developing safe and user-centered experiences for autonomous AI agents. Unlike traditional AI that simply responds to user prompts,…
November 19, 2024
White Paper
By: Sarah Powazek, Shannon Pierson
A new CLTC report provides guidance to help government leaders in San Francisco and other cities more effectively support the digital security of local nonprofits. The report, “CyberCAN:…
October 31, 2024
White Paper
Text-to-image generators like DALL-E have sparked controversy among artistic creators, who are concerned about how generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) models have been trained with copyright-protected materials. A…
October 1, 2024
White Paper
By: Emma Stewart, Remy Stolworthy, Virginia Wright
A report published by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, Cyber Resilience and Social Equity: Twin Pillars of a Sustainable Energy Future, examines the importance of cybersecurity in ensuring equitable access to energy. In an era of worsening cybersecurity threats, the paper advocates for “sustainable energy delivery systems that ensure robust defenses without compromising the goals of reducing energy poverty and ensuring energy security.”
September 12, 2024
A report published by the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, Enhancing Cybersecurity Resilience for Transnational Dissidents, examines the cybersecurity posture, vulnerability, and resilience of exiled women dissidents in the…
September 3, 2024
White Paper
By: Hayat Abdulla Asad Cue, Thirimachos Bourlai, Mark Lupo
Authored by researchers affiliated with CyberArch, a cybersecurity clinic at the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government (CVIOG), this paper introduces a novel approach for ranking actions outlined in the Center for Internet Security (CIS) framework, a prioritized set of safeguards to help organizations mitigate common cyber attacks.
