Cybersecurity Factory

You Can’t Start a Company at Your Desk

Technically, you can — but should not and here is why. Every startup company requires an idea (and about a dozen spare ideas). For academics this is not a problem: we produce ideas consistently in our publications. Every startup requires passion from its…

Starting up Commonwealth Crypto

Building a new cryptocurrency startup in Boston

In August 2016, my research group at Boston University (BU) posted a paper online announcing TumbleBit, a protocol that provides fast, secure, and anonymous…

Piloting Our Startup During Cybersecurity Factory’s Pilot Summer

Announcing teams for Cybersecurity Factory 2018!

Cybersecurity Factory Propels NeuroMesh

In October 2016, Mirai, an IoT botnet, assaulted Dyn and took down major websites across the East Coast. This emphasized some pre-existing concerns we had about IoT and their general security posture as the IoT device market exploded. Our MIT-based team…