Coffee & Conversation on Spyware

MElanie Teplinsky, Eric Wenger, Trey Herr

^{April 16 | 9:30 - 11:00pm ET | In-Person | Y404}

COffee & Conversation

This morning breakfast hopes to facilitate in-depth conversation and explanation of spyware. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKERs

Melanie J. Teplinsky is a cyber law and policy expert with over 30 years of experience spanning private sector, government, and academia.  Ms. Teplinsky is a Senior Fellow at the American University (AU) Washington College of Law (WCL) Tech, Law, and Security Program, a member of the Washington Post “Cybersecurity 202 Network,” and previously served as WCL Adjunct Faculty for nearly a decade. Her full bio can be found on the TLS page here. 

Eric Wenger is Senior Director for technology policy and leads Cisco's government affairs work globally on a range of policy issues, including: cybersecurity, 5G, IOT, lawful intercept, and data protection. Eric came to Cisco from Microsoft, where he was Policy Counsel. He was a Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and a Special Assistant United States Attorney in DC’s Computer Hacking & Intellectual Property Unit. He served as an Attorney in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection and an Attorney Advisor to then Commissioner Leary. He was also Assistant Attorney General in New York, where he started the first statewide law enforcement unit in the U.S. focused on e-commerce. Eric earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and graduated with Honors from George Washington University Law School.

Trey Herr is an assistant professor in the School of International Service. He is the director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council, where his team works on cybersecurity and geopolitics. His research focuses on security and digital technologies, including the power of non-state groups, the proliferation of offensive cyber capabilities, and the politics of technology design and governance. Trey previously worked as a senior security strategist with Microsoft, where he handled cloud computing and supply chain security. He also served as a non-resident fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Before that, Trey was a postdoctoral fellow with the Belfer Cybersecurity Project at Harvard Kennedy School. He holds a PhD in political science from George Washington University and a BS in musical theatre and political science from Northwestern University. Come find him on campus to talk about all things cyber, policy, or performance.