Dr. Allan Friedman is  Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives at the National Telecommunications and  Information Administration in the US Department of Commerce. He coordinates  NTIA’s multi-stakeholder processes on cybersecurity, focusing on addressing  vulnerabilities in connected systems and across the software world. Prior to  joining the Federal Government, Friedman spent over 15 years as a noted  cybersecurity and tech policy scholar at Harvard’s Computer Science  Department, the Brookings Institution and George Washington University’s  Engineering School. He is the co-author of the popular text ‘Cybersecurity  and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know,’ has a degree in computer  science from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard  University.