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Overview

  • Dr. Karl Grindal is an Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), where he explores how institutions, standards, and policies shape information security. His ongoing projects investigate diverse topics like the governance of digital identity, broadband resilience, and state-level cyber capabilities. He teaches in the Cybersecurity Policy and Risk Management M.S. program, an interdisciplinary degree that trains students to build resilient, secure, and successful organizations.

    Before joining UNH, Dr. Grindal was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Tech, contributing to the Internet Governance Project. He also previously worked in cybersecurity consulting, delivering policy, strategic, and research-based services for Intelligent Cyber Research and Delta Risk LLC. Additionally, he held positions at the nonprofit Cyber Conflict Studies Association, serving as both an Editor and Executive Director. Dr. Grindal received his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy, an M.P.P. from Georgetown University, and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2024 Analyzing Broadband Reliability: Insights from Alaskan Arctic Communities 2024
    2022 Artist Collectives as the Origins of DDoS the Strano Network and Electronic Disturbance TheaterIEEE Annals of the History of Computing.  44:30-42. 2022
    2022 Information as Power: Evolving US Military Information OperationsCyber Defense Review.  7:79-98. 2022
    2019 Data flows and the digital economy: information as a mobile factor of productionDigital Policy, Regulation and Governance.  21:71-87. 2019
    2019 Trade regimes as a tool for cyber policyDigital Policy, Regulation and Governance.  21:19-31. 2019
    2019 Cyber Attribution: Can a New Institution Achieve Transnational Credibility?The Cyber Defense Review.  4:107-122. 2019
    Is It “Trade?” Data Flows and the Digital EconomySSRN Electronic Journal

    Investigator On

  • ASIP Module  awarded by University of Alaska 2024 - 2025
  • Teaching Activities

  • Cybersecurity Risk Management Taught course
  • Cybersecurity Standards & Laws Taught course
  • Cybersecurity Standards & Laws Taught course
  • Policy Devt & Comms Taught course
  • Policy Devt & Comms Taught course
  • Cybersecurity Risk Management Taught course 2024
  • Policy Devt & Comms Taught course 2024
  • Cybersecurity Risk Management Taught course 2023
  • Policy Devt & Comms Taught course 2023
  • Fdn of Cybersecurity Policy Taught course 2022
  • Policy Devt & Comms Taught course 2022
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. Government, Wesleyan University
  • MPP Science & Technology Policy, Georgetown University
  • Ph.D. Public Policy Analysis, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Full Name

  • Karl Grindal