Zane MaView profile
Assistant Professor
Zane Ma is an Assistant Professor at Oregon State University's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). He studies network security and privacy, focusing on authentication and trust systems in the internet, including DNS, HTTPS/TLS server/client authentication, and data authenticity. His research also examines security threats in emerging technologies like 5G networks, IoT botnets, and cryptocurrency/blockchain abuse. PhD advisees: Peđa Despotovic Masters students: Lucas Stephens, Elliot Foley, Derek Greene, Andrew Le Recent research trends include analyzing APT domain lifecycles, orphan network flows, TLS certificate vulnerabilities, and DNS reputation systems. His work spans empirical security studies, certificate ecosystem analysis, and real-time web protocol adoption. NSF SFS Award (co-PI, 2024) Best Paper Award at ACM IMC 2018 Zane actively contributes to academic discourse through conference program committee roles (ACM IMC 2025, IEEE S&P 2025, USENIX Security 2025) and teaches network security courses.