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The Information Networking Institute (INI)

The INI programs at global partner institutions have become a paragon for international education within Carnegie Mellon and around the world.

With a powerful alumni network, innovative curriculum and nationally recognized strength in cybersecurity, the INI prepares engineers to thrive in a changing market. The Information Networking Institute (INI) was established by Carnegie Mellon University in 1989 as the nation's first research and education center devoted to information networking. As an integral department of the College of Engine

ering and a collaboration of the School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and Heinz College, the INI's master's degree programs represent an exceptional fusion of technologies, economics and policies of secure communication networks, systems and services. The INI also promotes safe and responsible online behavior to citizens at all levels and partners with like-minded organizations to extend cyberawareness educational and outreach programs to the broad audience of people using information networking as part of their daily lives. Using advanced facilities and resources, the programs combine local and distance education to train students in cutting-edge technologies. Top students from around the world attend the INI, seeking the broadened perspective and enriched skill sets necessary to design solutions, manage teams and lead enterprises in today's global networked information technology marketplace.

09/03/2026

That's a wrap on orientation! Congratulations to the winning team—the MS38 class's motto is: "Lost Browser Cookie? MS38 it!"

We're looking forward to a successful fall semester with the newest cohort of INI students!

08/27/2026

We had a great time at DEFCON earlier this month! As always, it's so much fun to reconnect with alumni and members of the Carnegie Mellon community.

Thank you, Dr. David Brumley, for planning and hosting the annual CMU meetup during the conference. We can't wait to see you all next year.

08/25/2026

Are you ready to drive the future of secure AI? Senior and aspiring leaders, join us November 10–13 in Pittsburgh for a high-impact executive certificate program led by top CMU faculty and industry experts.

The curriculum pairs a strategic landscape analysis with deeply technical topics such as adversarial machine learning (ML), agentic AI, attack vectors and securing the AI-ML pipeline. Learn to navigate the foundations of secure AI, assess effective architectures to integrate AI and cybersecurity and develop a roadmap to sustain evolving technologies.

👉 Applications are rolling until September 18 — see the first comment for more information.

08/24/2026

Welcome, Fall 2026 class! We are so excited to have you join our global community.

08/21/2026

That's a wrap on INI Orientation! We're thrilled to welcome our 38th incoming class and ask what they're most looking forward to.

08/17/2026

It's one of our favorite times of year: Orientation! We love to see all the new faces joining the INI community as we kick off the fall semester. To celebrate, we're sharing some of our favorite pictures from past orientations.

08/15/2026

Two INI alumni, Neha Gautam and Prerit Pathak, made their way to Pittsburgh for the security conference Bsidespgh.

In addition to connecting with current students and cybersecurity experts, the pair held a talk called "Cracking the Future: How AI is Fast-Tracking the Quantum Apocalypse," an area of study the INI has trained them to be curious about.

Read more about their talk with the link in comments.

08/13/2026

We're excited to announce a popular Special Topics course taught by Assistant Teaching Professor Hanan Hibshi returns this fall semester.

14-713: Special Topics: Secure and Responsible AI

Through this semester-long course, Dr. Hibshi prepares students for careers in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era by taking a holistic view of AI to solve real-world problems across multiple fields.

Explore the course with the link in the comments.

08/07/2026

MSIN alum and NVIDIA Security Engineer Riyaz Rafi Ahmed led a special presentation for CMU Silicon Valley students to help strengthen their technical chops and navigate the employment process.

As part of CMU-SV's "Coding Gym," Ahmed walked students through major cybersecurity domains and discussed how they fit together in industry.

Read about Ahmed's presentation with the link in the first comment

08/05/2026

We have always been passionate about cybersecurity awareness. Beginning in 2003, Carnegie Mellon University CyLab began an initiative in partnership with the INI to launch MySecureCyberspace. It was a portal, game and curriculum to help raise "cyberawareness"—a brand new idea at the time. The collaboration with Cylab was led by Dr. Dena Haritos Tsamitis in her first year as INI director.

MySecureCyberspace.com let users troubleshoot problems, read about threats and learn to protect themselves online.

Since its launch, it has reached over one million people in 167 countries.

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