Richard J. Harknett

Richard J. Harknett

Richard J. Harknett, Ph.D., is a professor of political science, director of the Center for Cyber Strategy and Policy, and co-director of the Ohio Cyber Range Institute at the University of Cincinnati. An expert in cybersecurity and nuclear deterrence, he has also taught at Oxford University, served as the first scholar-in-residence at the U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency, and helped develop the new U.S. national cybersecurity policy. He is co-author of Cyber Persistence Theory: Redefining National Security in Cyberspace, from Oxford University Press.