Presented at
DEF CON 24 (2016),
Aug. 5, 2016, 11 a.m.
(60 minutes)
The federal government is increasingly addressing policy issues that intersect with technology--especially security and privacy. This session explains how the government is responding, including technology leaders from the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, and the White House Office of Science and Technology. After an overview of recent policy initiatives, and an explanation of opportunities for public service, this session will consist of an extended Q&A. It's your opportunity to meet the feds and ask them anything.
Presenters:
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Ed Felten
- Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Edward W. Felten serves as Deputy Unites States Chief Technology Officer, within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Ed comes to the White House from Princeton University, where he is the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and the founding Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy. Before rejoining the Princeton faculty, Ed served as the first Chief Technologist at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and worked with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Ed has published more than 100 papers and two books on technology law and policy. Ed is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a Fellow at the Association for Computing Machinery. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Physics with Honors from the California Institute of Technology and his master’s and doctoral degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington.
Twitter: @EdFelten44
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Lorrie Cranor
- Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission
Lorrie Cranor is Chief Technologist of the Federal Trade Commission. She joins the FTC from Carnegie Mellon University, where she is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Public Policy, and where she directs the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory. Lorrie was previously a researcher at AT&T Labs Research and has also taught at the Stern School of Business at New York University. She has authored over 150 research papers on online privacy and usable security, and has played a central role in establishing the usable privacy and security research community, including her founding of the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security. She is also a co-director of Carnegie Mellon’s Privacy Engineering masters’ program. Lorrie holds a doctorate in Engineering and Policy, masters’ degrees in Computer Science, and Technology and Human Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Public Policy, from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Twitter: @TechFTC
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Jonathan Mayer
- Chief Technologist, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
Jonathan Mayer is Chief Technologist for the Federal Communications Commission Enforcement Bureau. His responsibilities include cybersecurity, consumer privacy, and network neutrality matters. Jonathan is also a Cybersecurity Fellow at Stanford University, where he is completing a PhD in Computer Science. He previously graduated from Stanford Law School, where he served as a lecturer on technology security, privacy, and surveillance. He received his undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Jonathan was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" in 2014, for his contributions to technology security and privacy.
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