Cyber Security
Michael A. Zhivich
Michael Zhivich
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cyber Systems and Technology Group
244 Wood Street
Lexington, MA 02420-9108
voice: 781-981-4761
fax: 781-981-7687
email: mzhivich@ll.mit.edu
Mr. Michael Zhivich joined the Laboratory in 2005 as a member of the Cyber Systems and Technology Group. Since joining the Laboratory, he has contributed to research, development, and evaluation efforts in several areas, including: program analysis and testing aimed at discovering security vulnerabilities; whole-system dynamic information flow tracking; malware analysis tool development; and virtual machine introspection.
Mr. Zhivich currently leads the red-teaming and system integration portion of a program that is focused on development of a diverse set of cutting-edge technologies to enable more resilient, adaptive, and secure computing platforms.
In addition to building, analyzing, and evaluating secure systems, Mr. Zhivich‘s interests include cryptography, usability, and economic implications of deploying security mechanisms and policies.
Mr. Zhivich holds S.B. (2004) and M.Eng. (2005) degrees in computer science and electrical engineering from MIT.
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