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Thomas Rid
Professor of Strategic Studies
About
Rid brings to Johns Hopkins more than a decade of experience in international security and intelligence studies, previously serving as a Professor of Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, where he developed a Cyber Security module that bridged the gap between technological and political debates.
Rid has recently shared his expertise on information security through testimony before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as insights on intelligence with the German Bundestag and the UK Parliament.
Rid closely tracked the election interference in 2016, and was one of the first named sources to call out the hack-and-leak as a Russian intelligence operation, only one day after details became public.
He has held positions at the RAND Corporation in Washington, the Institut Français des Relations Internationales in Paris, and served as a visiting scholar at Hebrew University and Shalem Center in Jerusalem. From 2007 to 2008, Rid served as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS. He holds a PhD and MA in Social Science from Humboldt University in Berlin.
Books:
Rid, T. (2016). Rise of the machines: A cybernetic history. New York: W. W. Norton et Company.
Rid, T. (2013). Cyber war will not take place. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
In the News
Five books you should read in summer: from the salad lie to the Jordi Pujol case.
Thomas Rid’s book cited in El Confidencial, 07/23
Another spyware company is helping authoritarian regimes snoop on their critics.
Thomas Rid cited in The Washington Post, 07/16
Putin authorized operation to help ‘mentally unstable’ Trump get elected, report claims.
Thomas Rid cited in The Independent, 07/16
Disinformation experts doubt authenticity of leaked documents describing a Russian plot to help Trump in 2016.
Thomas Rid cited in Business Insider, 07/16
Ex-U.S. cybersecurity chief urges skepticism of new bombshell Trump-Russia 'kompromat' report.
Thomas Rid cited in The Week, 07/15
The Kaseya attack is a revolution in sophistication for ransomware hackers.
Thomas Rid cited in Washington Post, 07/08
Open letter in support of free inquiry and discussion.
Olga Oliker, Bruce Parrott, Thomas Rid, and Matthew Rojansky cited in War on the Rocks, 05/12
In punishing Russia for SolarWinds, Biden upends U.S. convention on cyber espionage.
Thomas Rid quoted in Wall Street Journal, 04/17
What the integrated review means for the UK’s cyber strategy.
Thomas Rid cited by Royal United Services Institute, 03/23
Russian disinformation campaign aims to undermine confidence in Pfizer, other COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. officials say.
Thomas Rid quoted in Wall Street Journal, 03/07