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Secure Messaging

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Two-Factor Authentication

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Usable Encryption

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Certificate-based Authentication

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About the Internet Security Research Lab

Our research group researches and develops usable, secure systems that target ordinary users.

Latest News

USENIX Security 2023

June 14, 2023 06:58 AM
Our paper Cryptographic Deniability: A Multi-perspective Study of User Perceptions and Expectations will appear in USENIX Security 2023. Congratulations to first author Tarun Yadav. (Aug 2023)

USENIX Security 2023

June 13, 2023 01:15 PM
Our paper "If I Could Do This, I Feel Anyone Could:" The Design and Evaluation of a Secondary Authentication Factor Manager will appear at USENIX Security 2023. Congratulations to first authors Garrett Smith and Tarun Yadav. (Aug 2023)

CCS 2022 Paper

May 13, 2023 03:20 PM
Our paper Automatic Detection of Fake Key Attacks in Secure Messaging will appear at ACM CCS 2022. Congratulations to first-author Tarun Yadav. (Aug 2022)

NSPW 2022 Paper

May 13, 2023 03:17 PM
Our paper Passwords and Cryptwords: The Final Limit on Lengths will appear at NSPW 2022. Congratulations to first-author Michael Clark. (Jul 2022)

Kent Seamons

Dr. Kent Seamons directs the Internet Security Research Lab in the Computer Science Department at BYU. His research interests are in usable security, privacy, authentication, and end-to-end encryption. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers that have been cited more than 7,000 times. Dr. Seamons has been awarded over $6 million in funding from NSF, DHS, DARPA, and industry. He is also a co-inventor on four patents in automated trust negotiation, single sign-on, and security overlays.

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