Jon R. Lindsay
Georgia Institute of Technology
February 25, 2026 12:00-1:30pm E40-496
Summary:
In this seminar, Professor Lindsay will discuss his new book, Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft, which explores the dimensions of cybersecurity within a broader historical context of intelligence operations.
Bio:
Jon Lindsay is an Associate Professor at the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy and the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). His research explores the role of emerging technology in global security. He is the author of Age of Deception: Cybersecurity as Secret Statecraft (Cornell, 2025) and Information Technology and Military Power (Cornell, 2020), co-author with Erik Gartzke of Elements of Deterrence: Strategy, Technology, and Complexity in Global Politics (Oxford, 2024), and the editor of Cross-Domain Deterrence: Strategy in an Era of Complexity (Oxford, 2019) and China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain (Oxford, 2015). He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in computer science and B.S. in symbolic systems from Stanford University. He also served in the U.S. Navy with operational assignments in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.