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Austin C. Doctor

Dr. Austin Doctor is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a member of the executive committee of the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE) Center, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. He also serves as a non-resident fellow with the Modern War Institute at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Cybersecurity

Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats

The integration of technologies into farm equipment, from GPS-guided tractors to artificial intelligence, potentially increases the ability of hackers to attack this equipment.

  • By George Grispos and Austin C. Doctor, The Conversation
Cybersecurity

The metaverse offers a future full of potential – for terrorists and extremists, too

The rise of the metaverse will open new vulnerabilities and give people with malicious intent novel opportunities to exploit them.

  • By Joel S. Elson, Austin C. Doctor and Sam Hunter, The Conversation