Homeland Security Courses

USENIX Enigma Conference

How Geopolitical Change Affects Computer Security and Privacy for Vulnerable Populations

How crises and geopolitical change reshape security and privacy needs for marginalized populations, and how technology can be designed to reduce vulnerability.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

Contextual Security: A Critical Shift in Performing Threat Intelligence

Explore contextual security for automatic, trustworthy cyberattack explanations using knowledge graphs, environmental context, continuous learning, and provenance reasoning.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

Broken CAPTCHAs and Fractured Equity - Privacy and Security in hCaptcha's Accessibility Workflow

Examines how hCaptcha’s accessibility workflow can undermine user privacy, enable automation, and create security gaps while seeking more inclusive CAPTCHA design.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

When the Magic Wears Off - Flaws in Machine Learning for Security Evaluations

Examines how spatial and temporal bias can inflate malware-classification results and introduces realistic evaluation constraints and robustness metrics.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

Why Is Usable Security Hard, and What Should We Do About It?

Chrome security UI case studies reveal why applying usable-security principles is difficult under real-world constraints.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

Why Is Our Security Research Failing? Five Practices to Change

A systematic review of 400+ malware research papers reveals five practices for improving cybersecurity research diversity, relevance, guidelines, and reproducibility.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

Understanding Trust and Security Processes in the Open Source Software Ecosystem

Explore trust and security processes in the open source software supply chain, with practical guidance for maintainers and contributors.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

Spotting the Differences - Quirks of Machine Learning in Security

Examines why machine-learning security solutions fail under dataset imbalance, adversarial samples, concept drift, delayed labels, and other evaluation challenges.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

USENIX Enigma Conference

Reusing Security Solutions in Novel Domains - Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks

See how static taint-flow analysis and other security tools uncover implementation flaws in privacy, performance, compliance, and data-abuse systems.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

Covenants without the Sword - Market Incentives for Security Investment

Examines seven market incentives that drive cybersecurity investment and challenge the assumption that regulation is necessary to correct security externalities.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

Rethinking Security in an Era of Online Hate and Harassment

Examines how online hate and harassment create evolving security threats and where existing anti-abuse protections fall short.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

Why Has Your Toaster Been through More Security Testing than AI Systems

Examines why AI systems lack the security testing and assurance standards applied to everyday devices, including robustness against adversarial manipulation.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

The Full Stack Problem of Election Security

A full-stack view of election security spanning voter registration, voting, reporting, campaigns, public confidence, and technical resilience.

• YouTube
• 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

Building Realistic Machine Learning Systems for Security

Build malware detectors that withstand adversarial behavior, noisy labels, and the practical limits of evaluating dynamic threats.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

USENIX Enigma Conference

The Impact of Third-party Code on Android App Security

Learn how Android library detection identifies exact third-party versions and exposes outdated, vulnerable code and prolonged windows of risk in current apps.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video