Lorrie Faith Cranor has been named the next director of CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University’s security and privacy institute, effective January 15. As Director, Cranor will be assuming the chair as the Bosch Distinguished Professor in Security and Privacy Technologies. CyLab, founded in 2003, brings together security and privacy experts from all schools across Carnegie Mellon with the vision of creating a world in which technology can be trusted.
“I’m honored and thrilled to serve as CyLab’s next director,” Cranor said. “I look forward to supporting CyLab’s ongoing success and bolstering research aimed at making our increasingly digital world safe and trustworthy.”
Cranor is the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy, and directs the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security (CUPS) Laboratory. She is a co-director of Carnegie Mellon’s Privacy Engineering master’s program and served as Chief Technologist at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2016.
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