Tech Talks

Tor & The Dark Web

Dr. Sarah Cortes

^{April 2 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | In-Person | YT16}

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

Dr. Sarah Cortes is President of Inman Technology. Prior to undertaking her PhD, Sarah was a Senior Vice President for Security, IT Audit and Disaster Recovery at Putnam Investments, an investment management firm with over $400 billion in assets under management.  Sarah has published articles on computer security, privacy, mutual criminal legal assistance treaties (MLATs), and the darknet, including MLAT.is World Treaty Cartel Internet Overlay for Digital Traffic Analytics, featured in the 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST17). 

A former analyst for the US Department of Energy, she led the National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Working Group sub-team, as co-author of the 2014 NIST: Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security: Vol. 2, Privacy and the Smart Grid, as well as the 2010 volume, that created the security and privacy laws section of the report. She has helped draft data breach laws, and testified before the Massachusetts legislature and regulatory agencies.

In addition to her work on various industry standards bodies, Sarah serves on the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) P1912 Privacy and Security Architecture for Consumer Wireless Devices Working Group. While completing her PhD, Sarah interns at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Crime Lab in Digital and Multimedia Evidence.