The CAPS Lab (Center for AI, Privacy, and Security) is dedicated to advancing cybersecurity and privacy solutions through cutting-edge, AI-driven research. By leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, CAPS develops innovative approaches to enhance digital security and data protection.

Key Research Areas include:

1. Privacy Innovations: Developing intelligent solutions to enhance privacy in social media, messaging platforms, and healthcare systems, enabling users to maintain control over their data through adaptive and automated privacy mechanisms.

2. Human-Centered Security: Designing security tools that align with user behavior and cognitive models, ensuring accessibility and usability without compromising protection.

3. Machine Learning for Threat Detection: Applying ML algorithms to identify, predict, and mitigate security threats, such as cyberattacks, fraud, and misinformation, with real-time, data-driven insights.

4. Interdisciplinary Approach: Integrating AI, computer science, behavioral sciences, and social sciences to create holistic security and privacy solutions for evolving digital challenges.

The CAPS Lab aims to bridge the gap between AI advancements and practical cybersecurity applications, empowering individuals and organizations to navigate the digital world with confidence and security.

The Secure Realities Lab is dedicated to advancing security and privacy research in the domain of immersive technologies, including Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR). This lab explores the unique challenges and opportunities posed by these rapidly evolving technologies in both personal and professional environments.

Key research areas include:

1. Immersive Technology Security: Developing robust security mechanisms tailored to AR/VR/MR platforms, addressing vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access, data leaks, and identity spoofing.

2. Privacy in Virtual Spaces: Creating frameworks to protect user data and interactions in immersive environments, ensuring transparency, control, and confidentiality.

3. User-Centered Design for XR: Integrating user behavior studies and feedback to design secure, intuitive, and accessible AR/VR/MR systems.

4. Trust and Ethics in Immersive Tech: Investigating the ethical implications of XR technologies, including misinformation, manipulation, and surveillance concerns, to promote responsible innovation.

5. Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Bridging expertise from computer science, human-computer interaction, and behavioral sciences to create holistic solutions for immersive security and privacy.

The Secure Realities Lab’s mission is to ensure the safety, privacy, and trust of users in immersive digital environments, empowering individuals and organizations to fully leverage the transformative potential of AR/VR/MR technologies.

The Colorado Research Institute for Security and Privacy (CRISP) is dedicated to advancing research in information security and privacy, with a focus on creating practical and impactful tools for real-world applications. CRISP addresses the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, bridging the gap between academic concepts and actionable solutions.

Key Research Areas:

1. System and Network Security: Developing robust security mechanisms to safeguard computer systems and networks against modern cyber threats, including unauthorized access, malware, and data breaches.

2. Privacy in Digital Systems: Creating frameworks to protect sensitive data and ensure user confidentiality across platforms, fostering trust and transparency in digital environments.

3. Ethical Hacking and Full Disclosure: Educating students and professionals in offensive and defensive security techniques to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities effectively.

4. User-Centered Security Design: Designing accessible and intuitive cybersecurity tools informed by user behavior and feedback, ensuring inclusivity and practicality.

5. Cybersecurity Career Readiness: Equipping students with hands-on skills and knowledge to excel in high-demand roles, such as penetration testing, software security, and SOC/NOC analysis.

The CRISP Lab aims to foster innovation in cybersecurity and privacy while empowering individuals to address the challenges of a connected world confidently. By combining cutting-edge research with practical applications, CRISP supports the development of secure systems and prepares the next generation of cybersecurity professionals to make a meaningful impact.

The Human and Technical Security (HATS) group is dedicated to designing and implementing security and privacy solutions that adapt to users' needs and dynamic computing environments. By focusing on usability and practicality, HATS aims to empower individuals with tools and systems that provide the security they need and the privacy they desire in a trustworthy and intuitive manner.

Key Research Areas:

1. Understanding Risk: Investigating and identifying vulnerabilities across domains such as phishing, IoT, aging in place, mobile privacy, and emerging technologies like SDN and MUD. This research aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of threats in modern computing environments.

2. Mitigating Risk: Developing strategies and technologies to address and minimize security threats, including insider threats, PKI, sustainability in cybersecurity, and privacy in mobile and pervasive IoT systems.

3. Communicating Risk: Enhancing user understanding and awareness of security and privacy challenges through intuitive tools like 2FA, mental models, and privacy controls in social networks and e-crime platforms.

The Human and Technical Security group strives to bridge the gap between technical security mechanisms and user needs. By prioritizing usability, inclusivity, and innovation, HATS fosters secure, privacy-preserving environments in an era of pervasive and dynamic computing.