Research/Areas of Interest
Cybersecurity policy
Artificial intelligence (AI) policy and governance
AI risk management
Cyberinsurance
Government responses to cyber attacks
Economics of information security
Image
Josephine Wolff
Professor of Cybersecurity Policy
Professor of Computer Science, Computer Science, Engineering
Director, Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs
Associate Dean for Research
Contact Information
-
160 Packard Avenue, Room M252
- View the full faculty profile
Education
- PhD, Engineering Systems, MIT, USA
- MS, Technology & Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
- AB, Mathematics, Princeton University, USA
Biography
Josephine Wolff is the Alma G. and Merton B. Tarlow Professor in Technology and International Affairs and associate dean for research at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her research interests include artificial intelligence policy and governance, liability for cybersecurity incidents, cyber-insurance, government responses to cyberattacks, and the economics of information security.
A trusted scholar on cybersecurity policy and AI risk management, Wolff frequently writes for major media outlets. She directs The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs, a research institute that fosters the global exchange of ideas on the management of innovation and technological change. Prior to joining Fletcher, she was an assistant professor of public policy and computing security at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a fellow at the New America Cybersecurity Initiative and Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Josephine Wolff is the author of two books: "Cyberinsurance Policy: Rethinking Risk in an Age of Ransomware, Computer Fraud, Data Breaches, and Cyberattacks" (MIT Press, 2022) and "You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches" (MIT Press).
A trusted scholar on cybersecurity policy and AI risk management, Wolff frequently writes for major media outlets. She directs The Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs, a research institute that fosters the global exchange of ideas on the management of innovation and technological change. Prior to joining Fletcher, she was an assistant professor of public policy and computing security at the Rochester Institute of Technology and a fellow at the New America Cybersecurity Initiative and Harvard's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society.
Josephine Wolff is the author of two books: "Cyberinsurance Policy: Rethinking Risk in an Age of Ransomware, Computer Fraud, Data Breaches, and Cyberattacks" (MIT Press, 2022) and "You'll See This Message When It Is Too Late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches" (MIT Press).
Selected Publications
Wolff, J. (2022). Cyberinsurance Policy Rethinking Risk in an Age of Ransomware, Computer Fraud, Data Breaches, and Cyberattacks. MIT Press.
Wolff, J. (2021). "CYBERWAR BY ALMOST ANY DEFINITION": NOTPETYA, THE EVOLUTION OF INSURANCE WAR EXCLUSIONS, AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CYBERATTACKS. CONNECTICUT INSURANCE LAW JOURNAL, 28(1), 85-129. Retrieved from https://www.webofscience.com/
Wolff, J., & Atallah, N. (2021). EARLY GDPR PENALTIES Analysis of Implementation and Fines Through May 2020. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION POLICY, 11, 63-103. doi:10.5325/jinfopoli.11.2021.0063
Wolff, J. (2018). You'll see this message when it is too late The Legal and Economic Aftermath of Cybersecurity Breaches. MIT Press.
Wolff, J. (2016). What we talk about when we talk about cybersecurity: security in internet governance debates. Internet Policy Review, 5(3).
Wolff, J. (2016). Perverse Effects in Defense of Computer Systems: When More Is Less. Journal of Management Information Systems, 33(2), 597-620. doi:10.1080/07421222.2016.1205934