Dr. Asaf Lubin is an Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, an Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, and a Visiting Scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Federmann Cyber Security Research Center. Dr. Lubin teaches and writes in the areas of cybersecurity law, privacy law, international law, torts law, and insurance law. His research centers around the intersection of law and technology, particularly as it relates to the regulation of cybersecurity harms and liabilities, surveillance, data protection, and internet governance. His work draws on his experiences as a former intelligence analyst, Sergeant Major (Res.), with the IDF Intelligence Branch as well as his vast practical training and expertise in national security law and foreign policy. Dr. Lubin’s work additionally reflects his time spent serving as a Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellow with Privacy International, a London-based non-for-profit devoted to advancing the right to privacy in the digital age and curtailing unfettered forms of governmental and corporate surveillance.
 

Prior to moving to Indiana University, Dr. Lubin held numerous positions including: an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, a Cybersecurity Policy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a Contributor to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Expert Group for the
Education for Justice (E4J) Module Series on Cybercrime, an Articled Clerk for the International Law Division of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of the Legal Advisor, and a Research Assistant to the Turkel Public Commission of Inquiry into the Maritime Incident of May 31st 2010.

Dr. Lubin holds a dual degree in law and international relations (LL.B./B.A., magna cum laude, 14’) from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Master of Laws (LL.M., 15’) and a Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D., 20’) degrees from Yale Law School. He additionally attended The Hague Academy of International Law, and interned for the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Dr. Lubin has previously taught seminars in public and private international law, cybersecurity and cyber risk management, torts law, international human rights and humanitarian law, and criminal procedure and counterterrorism. He has published with the Harvard International Law Journal, the Yale Journal of International Law, and the Chicago Journal of International Law, and written for Just Security and Lawfare.

Asaf's Research:

* The Insurability of Cyber Risks:  Scope, Limits and Prospective Regulation