Elisabeth Dubois is a Ph.D. Candidate in the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity. She completed a B.S. in Digital Forensics and an MBA from the University at Albany, in 2018 and 2020 respectively. While at the University, she served in several leadership positions, has taught undergraduate classes, and has conducted interdisciplinary research. Currently, Elisabeth is a Research Assistant with Project HEROIC and serves as a Senior Researcher on two separate projects – one on addressing CSIRT capabilities in low-income countries and the other on the differential effects caused by technology and social divides during COVID-19. Her research interests and education are in risk management, combining the fields of communication, business, public administration, IT and cyber, education, and international policy. Within these areas, she is interested in risk management among socially vulnerable populations amid COVID-19 and operational cyber risk management. Elisabeth’s passion for this area of research stems from her volunteer work and serving as the Director of Marketing and Strategic Initiatives at The Global Child, a school and safe-house for former street-working children in Cambodia. She also recently founded the Global CyberTech Exchange project aimed at creating and training students and teachers in underserved regions of the world in technology and cybersecurity.