Jen Easterly, Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), was in conversation with Judi Germano, Adjunct Professor of Law and Distinguished/Senior Fellow, CCS/RCLS to discuss current issues in cybersecurity, key takeaways from Easterly’s role at CISA, and the intersection between national security and AI. This event was co-hosted by the NYU Center for…

On Thursday, November 14, the Reiss Center on Law and Security welcomed Brett Holmgren, Acting Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), to NYU. Acting Director Holmgren sat down with NYU Law students for an informal lunch discussion focused on information sharing practices, evolutions in the terrorism and counterterrorism landscape, and the role of the…

  Americans will soon go to the polls to elect their next president and decide control of the House and Senate. In a year of numerous elections around the globe affecting roughly half of the world’s population, the U.S. elections will be a consequential capstone with the potential to significantly impact the crises, challenges, and…

   We hosted our second A Road Less Traveled event of the 2024-25 academic year on Thursday, October 24. We were honored to speak with: Tarun Chhabra Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Technology and National Security, National Security Council; Former: Director, Project on International Order and Strategy, Brookings Institution Event Details Thursday,…

On September 23, 2024, the Reiss Center on Law and Security & the National Security Law Society welcomed the first speaker of the 2024-2025 season of A Road Less Traveled: Stephen Townley, Legal Director of TrialWatch, Clooney Foundation for Justice.  Former: Deputy Legal Adviser, US Mission to the UN in New York & in Geneva…

    In an NYU Law Forum on the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in Trump v. United States, experts in constitutional law and presidential authority discussed the implications of the decision and responded to audience questions. This event was co-sponsored by the Reiss Center on Law and Security.   Tuesday, July 9, 2024…

  Camille Stewart Gloster served as the first Deputy National Cyber Director for Technology & Ecosystem at the White House from 2022 – 2024, where she advised the President and led efforts to create new cybersecurity policies for a rapidly evolving technological world.  During her tenure, the Biden Administration advanced a number of major cyber…