LTC Jason C. Brown, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Scientist - Cyber Law/Policy/Strategy

Systems Engineering

Army Cyber Institute

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

jason.brown [at] westpoint.edu
LTC Jason C. Brown is a research scientist and assistant professor at the Army Cyber Institute at West Point. He teaches risk management, organizational security, and systems-based decision making. As a futurist, he studies emerging threats, technological and social trends, and responses to those threats. He also leads a research division investigating cyber law, policy, and strategy issues on behalf of Army and other defense stakeholders. LTC Brown has worked within the intelligence, information operations, and cyber career fields. He has authored technical reports on the future of extremism, information warfare, cyber enabled financial crimes, microtargeting, and Chinese soft power. LTC Brown is a 2000 graduate of West Point. He is the Deputy OIC of the Army Men’s Volleyball club and was a former captain of that team as a cadet. He is a certified USA Volleyball referee and has coached girls youth and boys high school volleyball teams in Italy and Arizona. In his free time, LTC Brown plays organ for Sunday services at his church, plays D&D weekly, and attends Army sporting events with his wife and three kids.

Ph.D. in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology - Arizona State University

 

M.S. in Information Operations - Naval Postgraduate School

 

M.S. in Information Technology - University of Maryland

 

B.S. in Russian - U.S. Military Academy

Research Interests

Futures, Emerging Technology, Cybersecurity

Selected Publications

Brown, Jason C., Renny Gleeson, and Josh Massad. The Future of Extremism and Extremist Narratives in America. Arizona State University, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14216/555.

Brown, Jason C., Maxim Kovalsky, Kiril Avramov, and Shannon Vaughn. Powerful Narratives: Weaponized Harmony and the Soft Power Tools of China’s Rise to Global Primacy. West Point, NY: Army Cyber Institute, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14216/762.

Ebling, Maria, Jason Brown, and Benjamin Wallen. “Distracted In Practice.” Presented at the ASEE North Midwest Section Annual Conference 2023, 5 2023. https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/asee_nmws_2023_pubs/6.

Johnson, Brian David, Jason C. Brown, Josh Massad, and Christopher Owens. The Future of Cyber Enabled Financial Crime: New Crimes, New Criminals, and Economic Warfare. Arizona State University, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14216/552.

Johnson, Brian David, Natalie Vanatta, Jason C. Brown, Greg Lindsay, and James Carrott. Future Implications of Emerging Disruptive Technologies on Weapons of Mass Destruction. Army Cyber Institute, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14216/511.

Lentz, Kevin J., Jason C. Brown, Kylie J. Heitzenrater, Akemi Hosoya, Rucker, and Kelli Sutton-Bosley. Cyber Competition in the Indo-Pacific Gray Zone 2035. West Point, NY: Army Cyber Institute, 2024. https://athena.westpoint.edu/items/23747390-fc5a-4618-a038-2f26651a1bca.