Grace Menna
Grace Menna is a Public Interest Cybersecurity Fellow at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) where she conducts public interest cybersecurity research and co-leads the Cyber Resilience Corps, a network of cyber volunteering efforts across the U.S. to defend community organizations, including nonprofits, municipalities, rural hospitals and water districts, K-12 schools, and small businesses from cyber threats. Previously, Grace supported global cyber capacity-building initiatives at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative and, as a consultant, advised U.S. tech companies across policy, intelligence, trust & safety, and other security areas. Outside of her role at CLTC, she helps organize the policy track of the DC-based hacker conference, DistrictCon.
Session
This talk will outline the different ways you can get involved in cyber volunteering and the current state of cyber volunteering as a whole in the U.S.. From joining a state-civilian cyber corps to launching or supporting a university cyber clinic to joining a nonprofit-run volunteer group, even influencing security policy at the local level, there’s a pathway for you to join the fight.