Connie Peterson Uthoff
Connie Peterson Uthoff
Program Director, Cybersecurity Strategy and Information Management; Assistant Professor
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Dr. Connie Uthoff is the Faculty Director of the Executive Master's in Transformational Cybersecurity Leadership and Program Director of the Cybersecurity Strategy and Information Management master's program at the George Washington University. With more than 20 years of professional security experience, her work focuses on cyber intelligence, national security, enterprise risk management, cybersecurity governance, and the strategic implications of emerging technologies.
Her current interests include the convergence of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, autonomous systems, and other emerging technologies, particularly their implications for cybersecurity, organizational resilience, executive leadership, and public policy.
Dr. Uthoff is the author of Cyber Intelligence: Actors, Policies and Practices, a contributing author to Strategic Cyber Intelligence: An Examination of Practices Across Industry, Government and Military, and co-author of A National Strategy for the United States Cyberspace with retired senior military leaders Harold "Punch" Moulton and James Stavridis. A contributor to United States Cybersecurity Magazine, her published articles examine cyber intelligence, nation-state cyber aggression, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, Zero Trust security, and the cybersecurity implications of emerging technologies. Her recent work includes Cybersecurity Risks and Artificial Intelligence, Zero Trust and Cryptanalytically Relevant Quantum Computers, and The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Securing the Future.
Dr. Uthoff has presented to national and international fellows, military and government professionals, and executive audiences on cybersecurity strategy, artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and national security issues. She has participated in and led cybersecurity tabletop exercises in the United States and Europe and developed scenario-based graduate courses, executive seminars, and workshops focused on cyber crisis management, strategic decision-making, and organizational resilience. This innovative approach to experiential cybersecurity education was highlighted at the Emerge Tech Conference.
Dr. Uthoff also served for more than 15 years on the board of directors of an agricultural management corporation, bringing experience in organizational leadership and governance to her academic and profession.
- Recipient of a 2007 Congressional Medal of Distinction Award.
- Received a 2006 National Leadership Award and served as an Honorary Chairman of a Business Advisory Council.
- Cybersecurity Strategy, Policy, and Governance
- Cyber Intelligence and Nation-State Threats
- Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Emerging Technologies
- Human-Machine Collaboration and Organizational Transformation
- Cyber Risk and Critical Infrastructure Security
- Strategic Leadership and Organizational Learning
- Public-Private Partnerships and Cybersecurity Policy
- Geopolitics, Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology
- PSSL 6246: Cyber Intelligence and Strategic Analysis
- PSCS 6270: Capstone
- Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Human and Organizational Learning. Doctoral research, Employee Experience in Robot-Mediated Work, examined frontline employees’ experiences working alongside service robots, using Engeström’s Activity Theory to explore organizational learning, workplace adaptation, and the changing relationship between humans and emerging technologies.
- Building Organizational Cultures: A Framework for Leaders, Harvard Extension School, Professional Development Program, 2019.
- Master of Arts in Intelligence Studies, concentration in Competitive Intelligence, American Military University.
- Bachelor of Arts in History, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota.