Cybersecurity

Our world-class faculty are driving security innovation in myriad fields, including AI, Applied Cryptography, Deepfake Detection, Quantum Engineering, and more.

18th

Ranked cybersecurity program, US News & World Report 2025

52K

Sq. ft. research and education center, home to RIT's state-of-the-art Cyber Range

18

Years that RIT has been designated a National Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cybersecurity Education by NSA and Department of Homeland Security

11

Years hosting the largest offense-based cybersecurity competition for college students

Exterior building photo of the Cybersecurity Institute

ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute

At RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute, we educate and train cybersecurity professionals; develop new cybersecurity and AI-based knowledge for industry, academia, and government; and perform systems and network security testing for a wide range of partners.

Our students and researchers are working to build secure systems, software, devices, and technologies of the future, while providing resources to commercialize methods, algorithms, software, devices, and designs in cybersecurity to launch scalable entrepreneurial ventures.

Learn more about the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute

Facilities

dark room with computers and a large screen displaying a map.
Cyber Range
 

Key Faculty and Staff

Ersin Uzun headshot
Ersin Uzun
Katherine Johnson Executive Director
Dean’s Office
ersin.uzun@rit.edu
Billy Brumley headshot
Billy Brumley
Kevin O'Sullivan Professor
Department of Cybersecurity
bbbics@rit.edu
Yidan Hu headshot
Yidan Hu
Assistant Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
yidan.hu@rit.edu
Sumita Mishra headshot
Sumita Mishra
Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
sumita.mishra@rit.edu
Justin Pelletier headshot
Justin Pelletier
Director of the GCI Cyber Range and Training Center
ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute
jxpics@rit.edu
Hanif Rahbari headshot
Hanif Rahbari
Associate Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
hanif.rahbari@rit.edu
Matthew Wright headshot
Matthew Wright
O'Sullivan Professor and Department Chair
Dean’s Office
matthew.wright@rit.edu
Bo Yuan headshot
Bo Yuan
Professor, Cybersecurity
Department of Cybersecurity
bo.yuan@rit.edu

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