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Saxon Knight

Tech Talks

Deepfake Technology

Saxon A.H. Knight

October 25 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | In-Person | Y403

TECH TALKS

Is a series of lunchtime discussions on the Technologies Changing our World co-hosted by the Tech, Law & Security Program and the Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property at American University, Washington College of Law. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Saxon A.H. Knight is the Head of Strategy & Government Partnerships at Reality Defender.  Ms. Knight is a cybersecurity and risk mitigation expert with extensive experience in traditional and Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Finance and Consulting. She is a global conference speaker and advisory board member and is the Founder of House of Saxons (Saxon means “fighting warrior”), an organization dedicated to empowering trafficking survivors through education in essential and marketable business and life skills.

Previously, Ms. Knight served as the Director of Risk Intelligence for Facebook/Meta, the Director of Threat Prevention & Defense for LinkedIn Trust & Safety, a Vice President for the Risk & Financial Advisory Practice at Deloitte US, and a Cyber Risk Advisory Director for Deloitte UK in London. Saxon's background within private industry (Target Corporation and BNY Mellon) and the U.S. government (U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Department of Energy) focused on cyber threat intelligence, energy security, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection, cyber risk strategy, enterprise cyber program development and operational risk mitigation.