Pablo Molina, DLS

Chief Information Security Officer; Associate Vice President of Information Technology

Molina serves as Drexel’s Chief Information Security Officer, charged with planning and implementing cybersecurity policy across the university. In addition to his expertise in cybersecurity methodology, he has an extensive background in ethics of technology and information management. Molina is the founder and executive director of the International Applied Ethics and Technology Association and on the board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He regularly comments on stories about privacy, ethics of tech companies, and laws related to technology and information management — including net neutrality, websites and tech companies protecting user data during investigations, and the ethics of the president’s election commission requesting state voter data.

Molina has previously held appointments as adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a senior lecturer at Washington University in Saint Louis and the University of Missouri in Saint Louis. In addition to his academic positions he has also served as an associate vice president for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Georgetown, CIO for Southern Connecticut State University, director of Information Technology at the University of Pennsylvania and director of Information Systems at Washington University at Saint Louis. Most recently he was the CIO for the Association of American Law Schools. He has written extensively on technology and information management and is a regular speaker at conferences related to technology, education and policy, and has presented to the United Nations, the American Bar Association, the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute and several other national and international bodies of governance and professional ethics. 

In The News

Lehigh Valley Health Network: Images of Cancer Patients Posted on Dark Web After Cyberattack by Ransomware Gang
Pablo Molina, DLS, Drexel’s Chief Information Officer, was quoted in a March 8 WPVI-TV (6-abc) story about a cyberattack against the Lehigh Valley Health Network. His quote was also excerpted in a New York Post story about the situation.
MiamiCoin Gets off to a Rocky Start
Pablo Molina, DLS, Drexel’s chief information security officer and noted technology ethics expert, was quoted in an April 7 Wall Street Journal story about the city of Miami launching its own cryptocurrency, “MiamiCoin.”
Analysts Concerned Over Potential Russian Cyber Attacks on Nation's Power Grid
Pablo Molina, DLS, Drexel's chief information security officer and assistant vice president for Information Technology, was interviewed in a Feb. 25 WPVI-TV (6-abc) story about the risk of cyber attacks in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Philly Is Exploring Cryptocurrency To Boost Revenue. Here’s What That Means.
Pablo Molina, DLS, Drexel’s chief information security officer, was quoted in a Feb. 16 Philadelphia Inquirer story about Philadelphia considering creating its own cryptocurrency.