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Seminar

Cybersecurity Policy without Regulation: Lessons from Promoting Resilience in a Vulnerable World

Harvard Faculty, Fellows, Staff, and Students

Join the Cyber Security Project for a lunch seminar with Allan Friedman, Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the US Department of Commerce. Dr. Friedman will discuss "Cybersecurity Policy without Regulation: Lessons from Promoting Resilience in a Vulnerable World."

Lunch provided on a first come, first served basis. 

Date: Time: - Location: Suite 470

Biography

Allan Friedman is the Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the US Department of Commerce. He coordinates NTIA’s multi-stakeholder processes on cybersecurity, convening cross-sector working groups with a focus on resilience in a vulnerable ecosystem. Friedman leads NTIA's effort to establish a shared vision and best practices on software bill of materials (SBOM) across the digital ecosystem. Prior to joining the Federal government, Friedman spent over a decade as a noted cybersecurity and tech policy scholar at Harvard’s Computer Science Department, the Brookings Institution and George Washington University’s Engineering School. He is the co-author of the popular text Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know, has a degree in computer science from Swarthmore College and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University.