Matthew 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. He is a graduate of National Technological University with a master's degree in computer science, and he also holds a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He was an adjunct faculty for DePaul University, teaching the Computer Information and Network Security Masters degree capstone course.
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. He is a certified instructor and CCIE for Cisco Systems, covering security technologies, such as firewalls, intrusion prevention, and virtual private networks, and general secure information architecture. As a certified instructor for the SANS Institute, Matthew teaches infrastructure architecture, wireless security, web application security, regulatory and standards compliance, and security essentials.