Stanford CIS

New Ostrom program assesses issues of cybersecurity

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"On the third floor of The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis building, nestled in the corner at the end of a hallway in, sits a room, devoid of clutter and noise, with vibrantly patterned carpeting. This is where professor Scott Shackelford directs his new program, Governance of Internet and Cybersecurity.

The Ostrom workshop, founded in 1973 by Nobel Prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom and her husband, Vincent, aims to address issues of public policy and governance through interdisciplinary research by academics and students alike.

Shackelford said the new cybersecurity program was a joint idea between him and the workshop’s director, Lee Alston. It will use resources from the Kelley School of Business, the Maurer School of Law and the School of Informatics and Computing.

“I took what’s called a bottoms-up approach to cybersecurity,” Shackelford said."