Matthew Luallen

Biography

Matthew E. Luallen is the Lead Research Scientist for Education Translation at the Information Trust Institute at the University of Illinois where he coordinates and conducts research that addresses securing the nation’s critical infrastructure. Luallen served as a Co-Founder of CYBATI, where he led the company in further developing and expanding training services to enhance the understanding of, and provide protection from, cyber-physical threats. He also served as a Co-Founder of Dragos Security co-developing CyberLens™ for operational technology device and communications discovery and analysis. He was a Co-Founder of Encari, a NERC CIP cybersecurity consulting firm helping the US and Canadian power grid defend strategic assets from cyber-physical attacks. He was also an Information Security Network Engineer and Architect at Argonne National Laboratory. 

Research Interests

• Reverse to Forward Engineering
• Edge System Resiliency
• Artificial Intelligence Simplification
• Application of Zero Trust Networking
• Virtualized environments for training/workforce development in ICS security
• FUTURE WORK INTERESTS
• Training / Workforce Development
• Cyber-Physical Systems
• Digital Twinning
• Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security