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TikTok’s security chief to speak at Northwestern April 12

EVANSTON, Ill. — Roland Cloutier, TikTok’s global chief security officer, will speak at Northwestern University Tuesday, April 12, as part of a fireside chat series sponsored by the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs.

The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Media must RSVP to Mohamed Abdelfattah at mohamed@northwestern.edu.

The event will take place at 4 p.m. at the Buffett Institute located at 1800 Sherman Avenue, Suite 3000, in Evanston.

About the Speakers:

Roland Cloutier is the global chief security officer at TikTok.With over 25 years of experience in the military, law enforcement and commercial sector, Cloutier is one of today’s leading experts in corporate and enterprise security, cyber-defense program development and business operations protection. Cloutier has functional and operational responsibility for cyber, information protection, data defense, operational risk, workforce protection, crisis management and investigative security operations worldwide.

V.S. Subrahmanian is a global authority on cybersecurity issues, including malicious behavior on social media. His commentary on Russia’s disinformation capabilities during its invasion of Ukraine appeared in the Financial Times, ABC News and Telemundo, among other outlets. Subrahmanian is the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and a faculty fellow at Northwestern's Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. He has also spoken at the United Nations, on Capitol Hill and the Mumbai Stock Exchange, and authored numerous publications.

Moderator: 

Annelise Riles is Northwestern’s associate provost for global affairs and executive director of the Northwestern Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. Her scholarship spans a wide range of substantive areas including human rights, managing and accommodating cultural differences and the regulation of global financial markets. Riles is also the founder and director of Meridian 180, a forum for multilingual dialogue and scholarship.