Doug Jacobson is Director of the Iowa State University Center for Cybersecurity Innovation and Outreach and an Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor. He has worked in cybersecurity since the early 1990s, helping build one of the nation’s longest-running university programs. He directs Iowa’s Cyber Resilience Initiative, which delivers services and training to 1,400+ political subdivisions statewide.
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## Speaker: Doug Jacobson **Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering** at **Iowa State University** — Ames, IA **Conference:** CIRAS AI Summit for Iowa — May 6, 2026 ### Bio Doug Jacobson is Director of the Iowa State University Center for Cybersecurity Innovation and Outreach and an Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor. He has worked in cybersecurity since the early 1990s, helping build one of the nation’s longest-running university programs. He directs Iowa’s Cyber Resilience Initiative, which delivers services and training to 1,400+ political subdivisions statewide. ### Sessions at this conference - **AI Security Is Not a Brand: Governance, Risk, and the Reality Behind “Safe AI”** [Leadership and Workforce] (1:20 PM–2:05 PM) ### Suggested prompts - "Based on this speaker's background, what questions would be most valuable to ask them?" - "Help me draft a networking introduction for connecting with Doug Jacobson" - "What should I research about Iowa State University before meeting this speaker?" - "Draft a follow-up LinkedIn message after meeting Doug Jacobson at the conference"