Lillian Ilsley-Greene

Senior Associate for Communications

Lillian Ilsley-Greene is the Senior Associate for Communications at the Institute for Security and Technology (IST). In her role, Lillian develops and executes strategy and content for IST’s social media platforms, along with all external-facing publications.

Prior to joining IST, Lillian worked as a journalist in communities across the country, covering state politics and breaking news for papers including the Boston Globe. She served as campus organizer for Yes on 3 2018, a Massachusetts state ballot campaign to uphold protections against gender identity-based discrimination in MA.

Lillian holds a B.A. in Political Science and a M.S. in Journalism from Boston University.

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Q&A: Where do we go from here? IST Reflections on RSAC ‘26

Q&A: Where do we go from here? IST Reflections on RSAC ‘26

Once a year, the cybersecurity community converges on San Francisco. From the expo floor to vendor pop ups in Yerba Buena Gardens, the SOMA neighborhood is abuzz for four days with hackers, researchers, and government policy experts eager to share insights. But this year, the din was a little different.

AI, congress, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, K-12 Cyber Defense Coalition, K-12 Education, RSA, RSAC, UnDisruptable27

April 2, 2026

Cybersecurity Awareness Month at IST: Spotlighting our cyber efforts across borders, at the intersection of AI, and throughout sectors

Cybersecurity Awareness Month at IST: Spotlighting our cyber efforts across borders, at the intersection of AI, and throughout sectors

As technologies evolve across the world, so do cyber threats. For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Institute for Security and Technology shares practical resources, novel research, and critical insights from IST’s cadre of experts to help individuals, organizations, and communities strengthen their cybersecurity practices.

artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, K-12 Cyber Defense Coalition, Ransomware, Ransomware Task Force, UnDisruptable27

November 17, 2025

Q&A: The Missing Middle: Solving America’s Deep-Tech Financing Gap

Q&A: The Missing Middle: Solving America’s Deep-Tech Financing Gap

In this month's edition of The TechnologIST, Lillian Ilsley-Greene sits down with Fatima Faisal Khan to discuss a new report on how to close America's deep tech financing gap in strategic competition with China.

biotech, China, deep tech, energy, quantum, venture capital

October 31, 2025

Q&A: National security, competition, and risk reduction — AI at IST

Q&A: National security, competition, and risk reduction — AI at IST

As AI models continue to proliferate and gain prominence, what are the cross-sector implications for national security, strategic competitiveness, and more? In this month's edition of the TechnologIST, Lillian Ilsley-Greene sat down with IST AI experts Jennifer Tang, Gabrielle Tran, and Fatima Faisal Khan to hear about how their work addresses the potential risks and opportunities of AI.

AI, antitrust, CFIUS, China, chips, competition, national security, NVIDIA, outbound investment, TechnologIST, venture capital

August 29, 2025

Critical Infrastructure, the CVE Program, K-12 Cyber, and Cyber Civil Defense: IST and Partners at Hacker Summer Camp

Critical Infrastructure, the CVE Program, K-12 Cyber, and Cyber Civil Defense: IST and Partners at Hacker Summer Camp

It’s that time of year again: IST is headed to Las Vegas for DEF CON, BSides Las Vegas, and Black Hat! We join our colleagues in the desert each year to share our research, learn from technical experts, and connect with our growing network of stakeholders and partners from across the cyber ecosystem. Here's where you can find us in Las Vegas this August.

Black Hat, BSides, conference, critical infrastructure, CVE, Cyber Civil Defense, DEF CON, Hacker Summer Camp

July 28, 2025

Critical Effect DC: Two days, three tracks, thirty-eight panels, and six key takeaways

Critical Effect DC: Two days, three tracks, thirty-eight panels, and six key takeaways

The next evolution of Hack the Capitol, #CriticalEffectDC featured two days of critical infrastructure-focused panels, talks, and deep dives across three tracks that connected policymakers, members of civil society and academia, and OT/ICS stakeholders.

Critical Effect DC, event, recap, UnDisruptable27

July 25, 2025

60 Million Reasons to Rethink Vendor Management: IST hosts experts on PowerSchool data breach

60 Million Reasons to Rethink Vendor Management: IST hosts experts on PowerSchool data breach

When a single data breach can affect 60 million students and 10 million teachers, what can states and districts do to protect their communities? IST Senior Director Michael Klein hosted a virtual event unpacking how state and local leaders and policymakers are rethinking their approaches to third-party vendor risk in the wake of the PowerSchool cyber incident.

cybersecurity, k-12, PowerSchool, Ransomware, third party risk, vendor management, vendor risk

July 8, 2025

Live at the United Nations: IST Joins Forces with Germany and Switzerland to Push for Progress on Nuclear Risk Reduction

Live at the United Nations: IST Joins Forces with Germany and Switzerland to Push for Progress on Nuclear Risk Reduction

At NPTPrepCom last week, IST and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation hosted a dialogue on preventing and managing nuclear crises sponsored by key CATALINK supporters, the German Federal Foreign Office and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

CATALINK, crisis communications, disarmament, NC3, Non-Proliferation, nuclear, nuclear command and control, United Nations

May 8, 2025

Q&A: The Strategic Potential of Cyber Insurance

Q&A: The Strategic Potential of Cyber Insurance

In a new report, IST makes the case that cyber insurance has the strategic potential to be more than a passive player that uses annual renewal conversations around premiums to drive change. By becoming more active in their recommendations about cybersecurity products and services, cyber insurers can actually help their policyholders achieve better proactive, pre-incident cybersecurity.

bundling, cyber insurance, cyber resilience, cyber risk, cybersecurity, risk-mitigation, underwriting

April 29, 2025

Q&A: Defending Our Lifeline Sectors

Q&A: Defending Our Lifeline Sectors

We are too dependent on undependable things. What can we do about it? In this month’s edition of the TechnologIST, we sat down with IST Executive in Residence for Public Safety & Resilience Joshua Corman to learn more about UnDisruptable27.

critical infrastructure, cyber, cyber offense, hybrid warfare, ICS, Industrial Control System, OT, resilience, Volt Typhoon, water

March 31, 2025