Ali Crawford is a Senior Research Analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), working on the CyberAI Project. She focuses on how the U.S. is building and maintaining cyber and artificial intelligence education and workforce ecosystems. She is an experienced policy analyst with analytical, advocacy, and leadership experience focused on developing technology policy and national security research products for the federal government. Her work has been cited in the President’s National AI Research and Development Strategic Plan and the Office of Management and Budget’s Memo on Advancing the Responsible Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government. She also represents CSET on TeachAI’s Advisory Committee. Ali earned her M.A. in National Security and Diplomacy from the University of Kentucky and her B.S. in International Business from West Virginia Wesleyan College, where she also competed in Track & Field as an NCAA Division II student-athlete.
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Comment to the Office of the National Cyber Director on Cyber Workforce, Training, and Education
November 2022CSET's Ali Crawford and Jessica Ji submitted this comment to the Office of the National Cyber Director in response to a request for information on a national strategy for a cyber workforce, training, and education. Read More
In the current cyber-threat environment, a well-educated workforce is critical to U.S. national security. Today, however, nearly six hundred thousand cybersecurity positions remain unfilled across the public and private sectors. This report explores high school… Read More
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