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Lillian Ablon is a researcher at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. She conducts technical and policy analysis research on topics spanning cyber security, computer network operations, emerging technologies, competitive intelligence and the human element in intelligence gathering, and digital exhaust. Recent research topics include social engineering and open source intelligence, black markets for cybercrime tools and stolen data, methods for zero-day vulnerability detection, tools and technologies for greater cyber situational awareness, and privacy concerns with digital identity. Prior to joining RAND, Ablon worked with some of the most cutting edge technologies in cryptography, network exploitation and vulnerability analysis, and mathematics. She won a black badge at DEFCON21 and holds degrees in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University and the University of California, Berkeley.