Costis Toregas

MEMBER SINCE: 1990

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

Artificial Intelligence's Impact on Municipal Economies

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A Call to Action: The Federal Government's Role in Building a Cybersecurity Workforce for the Future

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04 16 Bringing Innovationto NAS Aandthe Nation

Technology Transfer: Bringing Innovation to NASA and the Nation

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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.