Ask an RIT Expert About Cybersecurity

Experts at Rochester Institute of Technology are knowledgeable about the latest data breaches, issues, and trends in cybersecurity. Our experts can discuss different sides of cybersecurity—from the technical aspects of an attack, to the larger impact, to the ethics of technology.

Jonathan Weissman

As an educator, I can explain the latest attacks and breaches, including aspects of ethical hacking/pentesting, digital forensics, malware reverse engineering, programming, scripting, web design, and systems administration, among others.

Jonathan is a networking and cybersecurity consultant and author of numerous industry certification textbooks

Jonathan Weissman

Senior Lecturer, Department of Cybersecurity

 

Jonathan.Weissman@rit.edu

 

Ersin Uzun

I’m focused on the critical need to educate and train new cybersecurity professionals, as well as developing future cybersecurity and AI-based technology.

Ersin is a former vice president at Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Ersin Uzun

Katherine Johnson Endowed Executive Director, ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute

 

ersin.uzun@rit.edu

 

Evan Selinger

My research and teaching focus on the philosophy of technology, including tech-ethics, artificial intelligence, and privacy.

Evan is the author of essays and op-eds in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, and the book Re-Engineering Humanity

Evan Selinger

Professor, Department of Philosophy

 

emsgsh@rit.edu

 

Billy Brumley

I specialize in system security, cryptography engineering, and side-channel analysis

Billy spent a decade as a professor at Tampere University in Finland and has industry experience as a staff engineer for Qualcomm’s Product Security Initiative

Billy Brumley

Kevin O’Sullivan Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity

 

bbbics@rit.edu

Matthew Wright

I’ve researched the attacks and defenses of systems that provide anonymity online, such as Tor. I also have expertise in adversarial machine learning and understanding the human element of security.

Works on developing deepfake detection tools for journalists and intelligence analysts through the DeFake Project, a federal government and Knight Foundation-funded project

Matthew Wright

Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Cybersecurity

 

matthew.wright@rit.edu