Cybersecurity state panel adds members, working to secure New York elections
Five new members, described as “leading experts” in cybersecurity, have joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cybersecurity advisory board, the governor announced in mid-November. In addition, Cuomo directed the board to assess the threats to the “security and integrity” of New York elections and recommend steps to bolster election security. “We must face our new reality: election tampering […]
Five new members, described as “leading experts” in cybersecurity, have joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cybersecurity advisory board, the governor announced in mid-November.
In addition, Cuomo directed the board to assess the threats to the “security and integrity” of New York elections and recommend steps to bolster election security.
“We must face our new reality: election tampering is now one of the biggest threats to our democracy,” Cuomo said in a statement. “I welcome these new board members who will strengthen existing cybersecurity protections and help maintain integrity in New York’s electoral process.”
Cuomo first created the cybersecurity advisory board in 2013. The board includes cybersecurity experts who advise the administration and make recommendations for protecting the state’s infrastructure and information systems. New appointments to the board include experts in cybersecurity and electoral security.
Given the “continued threat of foreign interference,” Cuomo is again directing the advisory board to review New York’s current cybersecurity programs and offices and make recommendations that will improve New York’s security and resiliency.
Board leaders, new members
The board is led by co-chairs Linda Lacewell, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services; Jeremy Shockett, New York deputy secretary for public safety; and William Pelgrin, CEO and co-founder, CyberWA, Inc.
The new board members are the following people (with biographical descriptions provided by the governor’s office):
• Luke Dembosky is a partner at the New York City–based law firm Debevoise Plimpton, where he is co-chair of the firm’s cybersecurity & data privacy practice and a member of the white collar & regulatory defense group. Dembosky previously served as a federal prosecutor, most recently as the deputy assistant attorney general for national security at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he oversaw all national security cyber cases.
• Eric Freidberg has 30 years of public and private-sector experience in law, cyber-incident response, cyber-governance, information-technology security, forensics, investigations, and e-discovery. He is co-president of New York City–based Stroz Friedberg, a cyber consultancy and technical services firm acquired by Aon in 2016, and of Aon’s Cyber Solutions, its cyber risk management division.
• Justin Herring is the executive deputy superintendent for the cybersecurity division at the New York Department of Financial Services, where he oversees the department’s cybersecurity regulation for the financial industry. He previously served as a senior cybercrimes’ prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Erez Liebermann served for a decade as prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led the prosecutions of cyber and white-collar criminals. He is now chief counsel, cybersecurity and privacy; and vice president, regulatory law, at Prudential Financial, where he built one of the first cybersecurity and privacy legal teams in a Fortune 500 company and oversees cyber investigations. He was an aerospace engineer prior to law school.
• Debora Plunkett served for decades at the National Security Agency (NSA), where she was senior advisor to the director of the NSA and director of information assurance. She is principal of Plunkett Associates, a cybersecurity consulting business. Since 2016, Plunkett has been a senior fellow in the digital democracy project, launched by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, providing security advice to campaigns.
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Five new members, described as “leading experts” in cybersecurity, have joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cybersecurity advisory board, the governor announced in mid-November.
In addition, Cuomo directed the board to assess the threats to the “security and integrity” of New York elections and recommend steps to bolster election security.
“We must face our new reality: election tampering is now one of the biggest threats to our democracy,” Cuomo said in a statement. “I welcome these new board members who will strengthen existing cybersecurity protections and help maintain integrity in New York’s electoral process.”
Cuomo first created the cybersecurity advisory board in 2013. The board includes cybersecurity experts who advise the administration and make recommendations for protecting the state’s infrastructure and information systems. New appointments to the board include experts in cybersecurity and electoral security.
Given the “continued threat of foreign interference,” Cuomo is again directing the advisory board to review New York’s current cybersecurity programs and offices and make recommendations that will improve New York’s security and resiliency.
Board leaders, new members
The board is led by co-chairs Linda Lacewell, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services; Jeremy Shockett, New York deputy secretary for public safety; and William Pelgrin, CEO and co-founder, CyberWA, Inc.
The new board members are the following people (with biographical descriptions provided by the governor’s office):
• Luke Dembosky is a partner at the New York City–based law firm Debevoise Plimpton, where he is co-chair of the firm’s cybersecurity & data privacy practice and a member of the white collar & regulatory defense group. Dembosky previously served as a federal prosecutor, most recently as the deputy assistant attorney general for national security at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he oversaw all national security cyber cases.
• Eric Freidberg has 30 years of public and private-sector experience in law, cyber-incident response, cyber-governance, information-technology security, forensics, investigations, and e-discovery. He is co-president of New York City–based Stroz Friedberg, a cyber consultancy and technical services firm acquired by Aon in 2016, and of Aon’s Cyber Solutions, its cyber risk management division.
• Justin Herring is the executive deputy superintendent for the cybersecurity division at the New York Department of Financial Services, where he oversees the department’s cybersecurity regulation for the financial industry. He previously served as a senior cybercrimes’ prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Erez Liebermann served for a decade as prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led the prosecutions of cyber and white-collar criminals. He is now chief counsel, cybersecurity and privacy; and vice president, regulatory law, at Prudential Financial, where he built one of the first cybersecurity and privacy legal teams in a Fortune 500 company and oversees cyber investigations. He was an aerospace engineer prior to law school.
• Debora Plunkett served for decades at the National Security Agency (NSA), where she was senior advisor to the director of the NSA and director of information assurance. She is principal of Plunkett Associates, a cybersecurity consulting business. Since 2016, Plunkett has been a senior fellow in the digital democracy project, launched by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, providing security advice to campaigns.
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Five new members, described as “leading experts” in cybersecurity, have joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cybersecurity advisory board, the governor announced in mid-November. In addition, Cuomo directed the board to assess the threats to the “security and integrity” of New York elections and recommend steps to bolster election security. “We must face our new reality: election tampering […]
Five new members, described as “leading experts” in cybersecurity, have joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s cybersecurity advisory board, the governor announced in mid-November.
In addition, Cuomo directed the board to assess the threats to the “security and integrity” of New York elections and recommend steps to bolster election security.
“We must face our new reality: election tampering is now one of the biggest threats to our democracy,” Cuomo said in a statement. “I welcome these new board members who will strengthen existing cybersecurity protections and help maintain integrity in New York’s electoral process.”
Cuomo first created the cybersecurity advisory board in 2013. The board includes cybersecurity experts who advise the administration and make recommendations for protecting the state’s infrastructure and information systems. New appointments to the board include experts in cybersecurity and electoral security.
Given the “continued threat of foreign interference,” Cuomo is again directing the advisory board to review New York’s current cybersecurity programs and offices and make recommendations that will improve New York’s security and resiliency.
Board leaders, new members
The board is led by co-chairs Linda Lacewell, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services; Jeremy Shockett, New York deputy secretary for public safety; and William Pelgrin, CEO and co-founder, CyberWA, Inc.
The new board members are the following people (with biographical descriptions provided by the governor’s office):
• Luke Dembosky is a partner at the New York City–based law firm Debevoise Plimpton, where he is co-chair of the firm’s cybersecurity & data privacy practice and a member of the white collar & regulatory defense group. Dembosky previously served as a federal prosecutor, most recently as the deputy assistant attorney general for national security at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he oversaw all national security cyber cases.
• Eric Freidberg has 30 years of public and private-sector experience in law, cyber-incident response, cyber-governance, information-technology security, forensics, investigations, and e-discovery. He is co-president of New York City–based Stroz Friedberg, a cyber consultancy and technical services firm acquired by Aon in 2016, and of Aon’s Cyber Solutions, its cyber risk management division.
• Justin Herring is the executive deputy superintendent for the cybersecurity division at the New York Department of Financial Services, where he oversees the department’s cybersecurity regulation for the financial industry. He previously served as a senior cybercrimes’ prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice.
• Erez Liebermann served for a decade as prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice, where he led the prosecutions of cyber and white-collar criminals. He is now chief counsel, cybersecurity and privacy; and vice president, regulatory law, at Prudential Financial, where he built one of the first cybersecurity and privacy legal teams in a Fortune 500 company and oversees cyber investigations. He was an aerospace engineer prior to law school.
• Debora Plunkett served for decades at the National Security Agency (NSA), where she was senior advisor to the director of the NSA and director of information assurance. She is principal of Plunkett Associates, a cybersecurity consulting business. Since 2016, Plunkett has been a senior fellow in the digital democracy project, launched by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, providing security advice to campaigns.
