Arianna Schuler Scott
Current University
Virginia Tech
Research Area
Cyber security, security-by-default, interface design, data protection, privacy, organizational security, user engagement, responsible innovation.
Teaching Approach
Schuler Scott is interested in what educators can learn from students, and how to equip students with communication skills, operational understanding, and societal awareness.
Background
Arianna Schuler Scott is the Senior Associate Director of the Integrated Security Education Research Center (ISERC), Pamplin College of Business. She trained as an interdisciplinary cybersecurity researcher at the University of Oxford, working with clinical researchers to improve online research participation. She also created Proving the Negative, a podcast about cybersecurity research.
Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Schuler Scott led security work for advanced communications testbeds within rural and advanced manufacturing environments. She is currently the Associate Director for Outreach for CCI SWVA, supporting its strategic agenda and identifying opportunities for collaboration across faculty, students, and businesses.
Cybersecurity ethos
Schuler Scott thinks of cybersecurity as a field that allows us to explore complex systems of systems that span real-world, digital and hybrid spaces. Security solutions require communication and teamwork; to design, build and assess different ways of keeping people (and other assets) safe.