MIT CYBERSECURITY CLINIC
The new MIT Cybersecurity Clinic (11.274 and 11.074) will be offered in both the fall and spring semester at MIT.
The Cybersecurity Clinic will consist of four-modules : Cybersecurity for Critical Urban Infrastructure: Understanding the Problem; How the MIT Cybersecurity Clinic Makes Initial Contact with potential Client Agencies; Onsite Assessment of Cybersecurity Vulnerability by MIT Clinic Staff; and Prepare and Submit a Final Cybersecurity Vulnerability Assessment to a Client Agency. MIT students who want to take on field assignments with the Cybersecurity Clinic (for academic credit) must pass the certification examination offered at the end of the fourth module.
Students who have achieved certification, will work in teams supervised by advanced doctoral and post-doctoral students during the last nine weeks of the spring semester to collaborate with an assigned client agency to prepare a Cyberattack Vulnerability Assessment for a client agency.
Learn more about the Cybersecurity Clinic and how to partner with us here.
WHO WE ARE
We are a team of MIT faculty, students, and researchers helping public agencies defend against cyberattacks through an approach called Defensive Social Engineering (DSE), led by Dr. Jungwoo Chun and Prof. Larry Susskind. Cyber defenders can usually defeat or protect themselves from attacks using DSE and other technical tools. The MIT Cybersecurity Clinic works with municipal or hospital IT staff and cybersecurity specialists in public agencies—especially those managing critical urban infrastructure—to quickly assess their vulnerabilities to attack.
RESOURCES
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ABOUT THIS BLOG
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Foreign Adversaries Hack Federal Court System for Second Time
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CISA Moves CIRCIA Deadline to May 2026
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AI’s Growing Impact on Cybersecurity
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Ransomware Attack on Minnesota Capital City
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Governments Push for Windows 11 Migration as Windows 10 End Nears in October
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CIRCIA Proposed Regulations Uncertain Ahead of October Final Rule Publication
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USA Today: Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure Are Increasingly Common
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CISA Proposed Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Requirements for Critical Infrastructure Companies Opened for Comment
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Boston Globe: How to Thwart Hackers (Local Cybersecurity)
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Quick guide to the 6 ways we can regulate AI (MIT Tech Review)
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World agencies issue cybersecurity guidance for smart cities
The Cybersecurity Best Practices for Smart Cities guide has been issued by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation Opinion Piece on the U.N. Cybercrime Treaty
The Electronic Frontier Foundation Opinion Piece on the U.N. Cybercrime Treaty As the fifth session of the UN Cybercrime Convention commenced in Vienna at the beginning of April, the Electronic Frontier Foundation raised concerns with…
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Cyberattacks on local governments 2020: findings from a key informant survey
This paper published in the Journal of Cyber Policy takes a close look at patterns of cyberattacks, types of attackers, the frequencies of incidents and breaches of local government IT systems, and purposes of attacks…
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Strategic approach to identify, stop and punish cyberattackers (Third Way Cyber Enforcement Initiative)
This paper by the Third Way Cyber Enforcement Initiative addresses the strategy and enforcement gap in cybersecurity in the U.S. Read more at: https://www.thirdway.org/report/to-catch-a-hacker-toward-a-comprehensive-strategy-to-identify-pursue-and-punish-malicious-cyber-actors
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Cyberattack Causes Trains to Stop in Denmark
Cyberattack Causes Trains to Stop in Denmark https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-causes-trains-stop-denmark
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US to launch ‘labeling’ rating program for internet-connected devices in 2023
US to launch ‘labeling’ rating program for internet-connected devices in 2023 The Biden administration said it will launch a cybersecurity labeling program for consumer Internet of Things devices starting in 2023 in an effort to…
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What Cities Should Know About the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently released the notice of funding opportunity for the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP). This program is funded through the…
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Fight Against Disinformation – MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Mary Ellen Zurko pioneered user-centered security in the 1990s. Now she’s using those insights to help the nation thwart influence operations. Now a cybersecurity researcher at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Zurko is still enmeshed in humans’…
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NY Gov. Hochul Announces $30 Million Shared Services Program to Enhance Cyber Defenses in Counties Across the State
Governor Hochul Announces Launch of $30 Million Shared Services Program to Enhance Cyber Defenses in Counties Across the State Counties Are Now Eligible to Participate in New Shared Services Program Including Endpoint Detection and Response…
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UK critical national infrastructure at risk of ransom attacks
https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/data-privacy-and-security/data-privacy-and-security/uk-critical-national-infrastructure-at-risk-of-ransom-attacks?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter Smart Cities World, a forum focused on smart city trends, reported in late June 2022, that “more than three-fifths of cyber leaders in critical national infrastructure organisations do not have a decision-making plan in…