Center for Cybersecurity – Cybersecurity Film Series
In 2019, the Center for Cybersecurity began highlighting important cybersecurity issues through documentary films as part of its inaugural Cybersecurity Film Series. Films are shown throughout October in conjunction with Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the community are welcome to attend any showing. After each film, attendees are encouraged to ask questions and discuss topics from the film in our post-film Q&A session.
2026 Cybersecurity Film Series
All films will be shown in the Marty Theatre, located in the Michel Student Center. Attendance is free and popcorn will be provided. This year’s slate of films consists of the following:
October 7, 2026 at 6pm
Zero Days (2016)
A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
October 14, 2026 at 6pm
Cracking the Queen’s Code (2025)
In early 2023, three amateur codebreakers announced they had successfully decoded the secret correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots. 57 encrypted letters detail the exiled queen’s efforts to free herself from imprisonment and gain advantage over her rival, Queen Elizabeth. Now, after four centuries, Mary’s urgent pleas can be revealed.
October 21, 2026 at 6pm
Idiocracy (2006)
Corporal Joe Bauers, a decidedly average American, is selected for a top-secret hibernation program but is forgotten and left to awaken to a future so incredibly moronic that he is easily the most intelligent person alive.
October 28, 2026 at 6pm
Surveilled (2024)
Uncovers the insidious ways in which our daily lives are being surveilled by the state. In a gripping chase, Ronan Farrow travels across the world following breadcrumbs and finally exposing a dark world.
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