Mr. Dominic Saebeler

Dominic Saebeler brings over 35 years’ worth of experience leading, advising, teaching, and partnering with a variety of public and private sector organizations and individuals to address complex challenges at the intersection of cyber, business, legal and operational risks with a primary focus on cybersecurity and risk mitigation. He is part of the leadership team that runs the Information Trust Institute (ITI), a research institute within the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  ITI research focuses on achievement of trustworthiness in operational technology and various associated challenges across government and critical infrastructure when integrating OT and IT systems.

Dominic is currently researching emerging risks associated with advances in quantum computing and their potential impact on critical infrastructure as well as associated legal, ethical, and operational challenges from leveraging emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Science within an evolving backdrop of regulatory and compliance requirements. He designs, facilitates, and interprets outcomes of cyber risk tabletop exercises that challenge assessment of organizational preparedness. Dominic has been teaching introduction to cyber risk and cybersecurity courses for the Grainger College of Engineering and the School of Information Sciences since 2020.

He is also an Illinois Attorney who is Of Counsel at Brown Hay + Stephens in Springfield, Illinois. Dominic advises clients on organizational cyber risk mitigation, response, and prevention strategies as well as cyber fraud, incidents, breaches and other data privacy, governance,  and related cybersecurity matters.