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Costis Toregas

MEMBER SINCE: 1990

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Dr. Costis Toregas is the director of the Cyber Security and Privacy Research Institute at The George Washington University, where he manages and conducts education, research and service projects in cybersecurity and privacy, and has a courtesy faculty appointment at the GWU Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. He is also the IT Adviser to the Montgomery County MD County Council. He is a consultant to the National Cybersecurity Training and Education Center and serves on several non-profit boards including the National Cyber League, Ecocity Builders, Women in Cyber Security and is a Trustee of the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA.

History of Employment

Position
Division
Organization
Start
End
Board member and Treasurer
Women In Cybersecurity
2017
present
Board member and Treasurer
Ecocity Builders
2016
present
Board member and Finance director
National Cyber League
2012
present
President
Public Technology, Inc.
1984
2004
Director
Cyber Security and Privacy Research Institute
George Washington University
County Council IT Advisor
Montgomery County MD
Lead Research Scientist
Department of Computer Science
George Washington University
President Emeritus
Public Technology Institute
Vice President
Public Technology, Inc.
Program Director
Public Technology, Inc.
Consultant
Doxiadis Systems Development Corporation
Primary Policy Areas

Board Governance, Broadband, Civic Engagement, Criminal Justice/Justice, Cybersecurity, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Education, Elections, Government Operations/Innovation, Higher Education, Homeland Security, International Aid and Development, Intergovernmental System/Federalism, Intergovernmental Affairs and Coordination, Labor/Workforce Training and RecruitmentLabor, National Security, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Science – Research and Development, Social Equity, Technology – Product Development, Transfer, Commercialization, Technology – Telecommunications, Information, Data Security, Urban Affairs

Primary Sector of Expertise

Academic

Primary Functions

Academic Faculty, Academic Research, County Management, Enterprise Risk Management, Information Technology, Intergovernmental, Nonprofit / NGO leadership, Organizational Structure/Design/Development, Performance Measurement, Program Evaluation, Risk Management, Strategic Planning

Academy Studies

Cybersecurity lock
A Call to Action: The Federal Government's Role in Building a Cybersecurity Workforce for the Future
04 16 Bringing Innovationto NAS Aandthe Nation
Technology Transfer: Bringing Innovation to NASA and the Nation

Management Matters Podcast

Grand Challenge: Make Government AI Ready Grand Challenge: Data Security

The Relationship between AI and Cybersecurity with Costis Toregas

Season: 1 Episode:82 | November 29, 2021

Show Notes:

On this episode, we welcome Costis Toregas, Director of the Cyber Security and Privacy Research Institute at George Washington University and Academy Fellow, to discuss the skills we need to teach students today in cybersecurity, the relationship between AI and cybersecurity, and a potential AI bill of rights.