Sarah Powazek
Sarah Powazek serves as the Program Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), where she leads flagship research on defending low-resource organizations like nonprofits, municipalities, and schools from cyber attacks. She is a Senior Advisor for the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, and advocates for the expansion of clinical cyber education around the world. Sarah also hosts the Cyber Civil Defense Summit, an annual mission-based gathering of cyber defenders to protect the nation’s most vulnerable public infrastructure. Sarah previously worked at CrowdStrike Strategic Advisory Services, and as the Program Manager of the Ransomware Task Force. She is an active member of the hacker community, and helps organize Hackers On The Hill and DEF CON Policy.