September 18, 2024

The Wall Street Journal published a story about Craigslist.com founder Craig Newmark's recent philanthropic pledges to boost cyber security, including a donation to Harris Public Policy's Cyber Policy Initiative, helmed by faculty member Jake Braun, who is leading DEF CON Franklin Project.

The country is under attack,” said Newmark in an interview. He said those who are working to strengthen America’s cybersecurity “need people to champion them.” ...Some recipients of the latest pledge have already been selected and notified, including a project affiliated with the University of Chicago’s public policy school to recruit, train and deploy cybersecurity volunteers to strengthen local infrastructure.

Read the full story at https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/craigslist-founder-pledges-100-million-to-boost-u-s-cybersecurity-5357f5ae.

 

Jake Braun
Faculty Spotlight

Jacob Braun
Executive Director, Cyber Policy Initiative, University of Chicago | Co-Founder, Cambridge Global Advisors | Former acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director, The White House

Jake Braun is the Executive Director of the Cyber Policy Initiative at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and Co-Founder of Cambridge Global Advisors, a national security consulting firm. He most recently served in The White House as acting Principal Deputy National Cyber D...