Global IT outages: IU experts available to comment

Isak Asare is the co-director of the Cybersecurity and Global Policy Program, the executive director at the IU Cybersecurity Clinic and a fellow at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. His work and research are at the intersection of emerging technologies and policy.

Xiaojing Liao is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science at the IU Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering in Bloomington. Her research interests include data-driven system security analysis, cyber threat intelligence, privacy compliance and enforcement.

Asaf Lubin is an associate professor of law in the Maurer School of Law at IU Bloomington and a fellow at IU’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research. Dr. Lubin’s research centers on the intersection of law, technology, and international security. He can comment on foreign election interference and election certification, misinformation and disinformation campaigns, foreign intelligence and cyber espionage, policy priorities in tech governance within the first 100 days, policy priorities in international law and institutions within the first 100 days.

Clinical professor of information systems Bipin Prabhakar is chair of Information Systems Graduate Programs and the Plus Kelley program and holds the Fettig/Whirlpool Fellowship at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. In these roles he leads one of the most highly regarded Master of Science in Information Systems degree programs in the country as well as the school’s initiative to provide a pathway for arts, humanities and sciences students to access Kelley’s specialized master’s programs. Prabhakar’s research interests are in the areas of technology adoption and the evolution of IS job skills. 

Professor Scott J. Shackelford serves on the faculty of Indiana University, where he is Cybersecurity Program chair, director of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, and associate professor of business law and ethics at the IU Kelley School of Business. He is a senior fellow at IU’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, academic director of the IU Cybersecurity Clinic and a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Ankit Shah is an assistant professor of operations and decision technologies at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. He is focused on enhancing organizational cybersecurity through pioneering AI-driven research that strengthens security and safeguards AI-enabled systems. His research has been sponsored by the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security and industry partners.

David Wild is an expert in the application of data technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) into complex areas including healthcare, drug discovery, emergency response & management, risk assessment, and cybersecurity & privacy. He is Professor in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana University, founder of RedLab, a lab dedicated to use of technology in adverse and crisis environments, and is CEO of Konnex.ai, a first-wave AI company solving a foundational problem in disaster management. 

Luyi Xing is an associate professor of computer science at Indiana University Bloomington. He directs the System Security Foundations lab at IU. Research he led has significantly and extensively changed security design (access control, authentication) in apps/systems that people use everyday, across Android, iOS/iPad/MacOS, Chrome, Apple Home (HomeKit), Google Home, SmartThings, Facebook, AWS IoT, Azure IoT, etc.​, which have implemented and deployed their security designs/protections. His research has led to the discovery of 60+ new types of vulnerabilities in the design of commercial and open-source systems, uncovering novel attack techniques.