Myriam Dunn Cavelty is Deputy for Research and Teaching a the Center for Security Studies (CSS) and Senior Lecturer for Security Politics at ETH Zurich. Her research focuses on the politics of risk and uncertainty in security politics and changing conceptions of (inter-)national security due to cyber issues (cyber-security, cyber-war, critical infrastructure protection).

In addition to her teaching, research and publishing activities, she advises governments, international institutions and companies in the areas of cyber security, cyber warfare, critical infrastructure protection, risk analysis and strategic foresight.