ByteDefend

At ByteDefend Cyber Lab, under the esteemed leadership of Dr. Ran Dubin, we are at the forefront of pioneering practical cybersecurity research. Our mission is to develop cutting-edge solutions, ensuring the digital world is safer for everyone. We specialize in a broad spectrum of critical areas, including AI security, protecting critical infrastructure, cloud security, Content Disarm and Reconstruction (CDR), the automation of security research with Large Language Models (LLM), next-generation network security, and fostering trustworthy AI. The lab is part of Ariel Cyber Innovation Center

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Ran Dubin received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees from Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel, all in communication systems engineering.

Before joining Ariel University, Ran was CEO and Co-founder of SNDBOX AI malware sandbox that OPSWAT acquired. Today, Ran is also the CTO of BUFFERZONE Security.

His research interests revolve around zero-trust cyber protection, malware disarms and reconstruction, encrypted network traffic detection, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), bypassing AI, Natural Language Processing, media distribution, and AI trust enhancements. He is currently a faculty member at the Computer Science Department at Ariel University, Israel. In addition, Ran is a researcher at Ariel Cyber Innovation Center (ACIC).

Open positions for excellent and motivated M.Sc, Ph.D., and postdocs students:

Network Security Video transport protocol Bypassing AI Trusting AI models

Students:

I prefer full-time students while doing my best to finance them via grants; this depends on availability. Interested students should contact me by email, including a CV and explaining their availability and preferred areas.