Yan Shoshitaishvili
Associate Professor, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
Guides students through their cybersecurity journey all the way to the world championship of hacking competitions at DEF CON. Explores cutting-edge problems in cybersecurity.
Recent stories
August 29, 2025
From live talks to capture-the-flag challenges, the Academy brought students, faculty members and pros together to spark the next wave of digital defenders.
April 11, 2025
ASU and fellow Arizona universities unite to create new statewide cybersecurity competition.
August 30, 2024
The ‘hackademics’ of Shellphish, an ethical hacking group that includes ASU faculty and students, are developing a cybersecurity system powered by AI.
August 7, 2024
Cyberphysical systems, like satellites and drones, are everywhere. ASU faculty members are working to secure them — quickly.
Additional stories
New ASU ACE Institute creates national cybersecurity hub
June 21, 2024
The American Cybersecurity Education Initiative will develop a master's degree for cybersecurity systems in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU.
The next generation of cybersecurity pros drills in the dojo
March 14, 2024
An ASU associate professor has developed the definitive global platform for training a well-qualified, dedicated cybersecurity workforce to fight surging cybercrime.
Meet student researchers solving education, health, security and sustainability challenges
November 13, 2023
Undergraduate and graduate students in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU conduct use-inspired research to address real-world challenges.
Fixing the finding of faults
July 18, 2022
ASU computer science engineer Yan Shoshitaishvili has been awarded a 2022 Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Know thy enemy
April 22, 2022
Ruoyu "Fish" Wang's new NSF-funded project will help mitigate the effects of malware and viruses by making them easily understandable to researchers.
ASU researchers add human ingenuity to automated security tool
May 2, 2019
ASU researchers are working with a multi-university team to combine human and computer strengths in a collaborative approach to cybersecurity.
Changing the game: Best Paper models cyberwarfare game theory
January 2, 2019
Tiffany Bao won Best Paper for her collaborative research on cyberwarfare at the NSA’s sixth annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.