Alexander Klimburg is a cyber policy wonk, infosec geek, and free Internet advocate. The director of the Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace, he is also a director at The Hague Center for Strategic Studies (HCSS) and a senior-associate of the Center of Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Previously he held positions and affiliations with Harvard University and the Atlantic Council. Since around 2010 Alex has been trying to mediate between the policy and technical world, with marginal success, having previously spent too much time in consulting and dot-bomb venture capital. He has accompanied the diplomatic work on cyber norms at the UN and OSCE, helped draft national cyber security strategies and relevant legislation for several governments, and has advised on the set-up and operation of national cybersecurity centers and infosec practices. Alex has been responsible for some of the world's most important track 1.5. diplomatic discussions and occasionally gets to opine on offensive cyber effect operations and TTPs. Hobbies include supporting cybercrime investigations, tutoring on basic infosec practices, and helping lead the DEF CON Policy department. He is the author of several publications, including the critically acclaimed "The Darkening Web" published 2017 by Penguin Press.