Fred Heiding is a research fellow with the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program.
Biography
Fred Heiding is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Belfer Center’s Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy (DETS) program at Harvard Kennedy School. His work focuses on computer security at the intersection of technical capabilities, business implications, and policy remediations. Fred is a member of the World Economic Forum's Cybercrime Center and is on the organizing committee of the Technology and National Security Conference. He is a teaching fellow for the Generative AI course at Harvard Business School and the National and International Security course at the Harvard Kennedy School. Fred has been invited to brief the US House and Senate staff in DC on the rising dangers of AI-powered cyberattacks, and he leads the cybersecurity division of the Harvard AI Safety Student Team (HAISST). His work has been presented at leading conferences, including Black Hat, Defcon, and BSides, and leading academic journals like IEEE Access and professional journals like Harvard Business Review and Politico. He has assisted in the discovery of more than 45 critical computer vulnerabilities (CVEs). In early 2022, Fred got media attention for hacking the King of Sweden and the Swedish European Commissioner.
