About the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity
The Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) is a premier hub for research and collaboration on public-interest cyber and AI security. Housed within the University of California, Berkeley — the world’s #1-ranked public university — and affiliated with the School of Information, CLTC looks “over the horizon” to anticipate and address tomorrow’s digital security challenges.
Our community of students, researchers, and practitioners works to protect our shared digital life. We believe that navigating a volatile digital landscape requires more than just technology; it requires a persistent, human-centered approach to shape a secure future for everyone.
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Our research, programs, and convenings are organized under two strategic umbrellas:
Public Interest Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a public good, but it is often out of reach for those who need it most. We expand the digital defenses of the underserved — non-profits, local governments, and small businesses — while training the next generation of cyber and AI security talent.
Research and Convening for Shared Defense:
- The Cyber Resilience Corps, a first-of-its-kind initiative to mobilize cyber volunteers, is expanding. Grounded in our “Roadmap to Community Cyber Defense,” we are helping to build the regional ecosystems necessary to protect our most at-risk public infrastructure.
- The 2026 Regional Cyber Civil Defense Summits are building regional networks among cyber defenders, policymakers, and academics to enhance cyber defense resilience.
Pioneering Community-Grounded Solutions:
- Cybersecurity of Cities and Nonprofits (CyberCAN) sources vulnerability data and operational needs directly from community partners, ensuring that our suggested interventions are not only technically sound but also practically responsive. This “bottom-up” approach empowers nonprofits, cities, and states to shift from reactive postures to sustainable, resilient ecosystems.
Empowering the Next Generation:
- The UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic trains students to provide pro bono assistance to social-sector and non-profit organizations navigating ideologically motivated cyberattacks.
Consortium Leadership:
- Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics: CLTC co-founded the Consortium in 2021 and serves as its administrative home. We are leading the movement to launch a clinic in every U.S. state by 2030 and to expand the clinic movement globally — democratizing access to expert security talent and peer-led knowledge sharing.
CLTC Impact: 2015–2025
- 300+ researchers delivering foresight-focused and actionable cyber and AI security research at UC Berkeley
- 20,000+ academic and media citations, shaping the global discourse on digital harm.
- 300+ students engaged in the first-in-world UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic supporting social sector and non-profits at risk of ideologically motivated cyber attacks
- 100+ student research affiliated alumni – leading the field in the public and private cyber and AI security
- 60+ Cybersecurity Clinics launched globally through CLTC co-founding and serving as the administrative home for the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
- 10x growth in under five years
- 2200 students and 700 organizations aided in the 2024-25 academic year
AI: Security, Policy, and the AI/Cybercrime Intersection
As artificial intelligence transforms the global landscape, we conduct research and propose actionable policy guardrails to make AI more verifiably safe and accountable.
- AI Security Initiative (AISI): AISI drives interdisciplinary research and convenings to establish essential security and policy standards for a safer AI future.
- The Cal Cybersecurity Research Fellowship: This program has provided “seed capital” to UC Berkeley scholars — from master’s students to postdocs — to pursue high-risk, high-reward research on topics such as AI forensics, deepfake detection, and securing 5G infrastructure.
- The AI Policy Hub: Building on the success of its celebrated AI policy fellowships, the Hub — a partnership between CLTC and the CITRIS Tech Policy — has evolved into a central platform for coordinating high-level convenings and disseminating Berkeley research on frontier model capabilities to elevate UC Berkeley’s leadership in the AI policy landscape, including through high level partnerships with the California’s Office of Government Operations (CalGovOps) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on AI Risk Management Frameworks.
- AI-Enabled Cybercrime: A global research collaboration that uses real-world simulations to uncover the dynamics of AI-powered cybercrime and equip policymakers and industry leaders with the tools to defend against them.
Our Foundation and Legacy:
While we have evolved to meet today’s threats, our current work stands on the shoulders of signature programs like:
- Cybersecurity Futures Scenarios (2020, 2025, 2030)
- Data Practices Policy and Privacy at Scale
- Board Governance of Cybersecurity Risk
- Secure Clean Energy
- Cybersecurity Art, Imagery, and Games
- Internet Atlas and other projects of Daylight Security Research Lab
All of these initiatives have pioneered the foresight methodologies we use today.
Why we need you
Private philanthropy directly fuels our mission to amplify the upside of the digital revolution. Together, we can advance deliberate, future-oriented digital security efforts and secure a healthy, long-term outlook for digital technology and its impact on human lives.
Individual Donors and Foundations: Donors to CLTC can catalyze original research that advances digital security policy and practice and transforms the lives of our talented students. Investments in our core operations — or in signature programs in AI, cybersecurity futures, clinics, or UC Berkeley-based research — help scale cybersecurity solutions to address tomorrow’s digital security problems.
Industry Affiliates and Partners: Our robust network of industry affiliates and partners gains access to our top-tier academic researchers and talented students, and has unique opportunities to engage with industry peers who recognize the imperative of CLTC’s foresight focus.
Contact us to discuss CLTC affiliation, including structured benefits, such as early access to research updates and interactive meetings and workshops, or to explore custom and/or consortium research opportunities.
We invite you to join our efforts to ensure a healthy and prosperous digital future for all of us.
For more information, contact:
Shanti Corrigan
Senior Director of Philanthropy
CLTC and the School of Information
510-693-8062 | California Relay Service 711
shanti@berkeley.edu
