Charles Harry

Charles Harry is an associate research professor in the School of Public Policy and the director of the Center for Governance of Technology and Systems (GoTech). He holds a joint appointment in the College of Information Studies and serves as the operations director for the university’s Maryland Global Initiative for Cybersecurity (MaGIC). Harry’s research focuses on categorization and measurement of effects of cyberattack as a means of enabling policymakers to assess strategic risk and assess consequences of strategic cyber attack. He actively consults for a range of private and public sector organizations including the Department of Energy, the Advance Laboratory for Intelligence and Security (ARLIS), and serves as part of Bain and Company’s external advisor network. Harry has also co-founded a University of Maryland incubated start-up, Decision Point Analytics, to assist governments and organizations model and understand systemic risk in their organization and supply chains. Harry holds degrees in economics and history from the University of Colorado and a PhD in policy studies from the University of Maryland. He a two time recipient of the Director of National Intelligence Extraordinary Achievement Medal, the Signal Intelligence Career Achievement Medal, and the ODNI Intelligence Integration Medal.