To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
April Doss's experience in cybersecurity law and operations dates back to 2003, when she began working at the National Security Agency. She spent over a decade at the NSA working in a variety of capacities, including information sharing policy, technology development, privacy and intelligence oversight, and counterterrorism. She served as a foreign liaison officer and as the head of intelligence law in NSA's Office of General Counsel.
Ms. Doss left NSA to become a partner in the law firm Saul Ewing, where she chaired the firm's Cybersecurity and Privacy practice group. She currently serves as Senior Minority Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Prior to 2003, Ms. Doss practiced law as a public defender, civil litigator, and in-house counsel at a college.
Ms. Doss graduated magna cum laude from Yale, earned her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and holds an M.F.A. in creative nonfiction writing from Goucher College.