Fred Heiding is a research fellow with the Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy Program.
Biography
Dr. Fred Heiding is a 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, a board member of DEFCON’s misinformation village, a teaching fellow for the Generative AI course at Harvard Business School, and a member of the Responsible AI Institute. His work has been presented at leading conferences, including Black Hat (2023 and 2024), Defcon, BSides, and leading academic journals like IEEE Access and professional journals like Harvard Business Review. He has assisted in the discovery of more than 45 critical computer vulnerabilities (CVEs).
