Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SECRETS) Lab

Areas of Interests

  • Cybersecurity

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Intrusion Detection & Prevention

  • Cyber-Physical Systems & Networks

  • Social, Behavior & Economics

  • Usability & Human Interaction

Mississippi State University has been certified as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education continuously since 2001, as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Research continuously since 2008, and was recently certified as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations in 2013.

Current Students

PhD Students

  • David Hertz (Committee chair, Fall 2021 - Present)

  • Ivan Fernandez (Committee chair, Fall 2021 - Present)

  • Morgan Reece (Committee chair, Fall 2021 - Present)

  • Keith Strandell (Committee chair, Fall 2021 - Present)

  • Damodar Panigrahi (Committee chair, Fall 2021 - Present)

  • Shaswata Mitra (Committee chair, Fall 2021 - Present)

  • Jesse Ables (Committee chair, Spring 2022 - Present)

Masters Students

  • Eric Kudjoe Fiah (Spring 2022 - Present)

  • Caleb Morgan (Spring 2022 - Present)

Joining Us

We are always interested in working with new people. We hold weekly research meetings during the academic year that are open to visitors/interested students. You are welcome to email me to get more details about these events. Join us to find out what we are working on. Please contact us if you are in government or industry and interested in collaborative research, a prospective graduate student interest in applying our graduate programs, or currently a Msstate student who would like to get involved with research.