Allan Friedman is the Director of Cybersecurity Initiatives at National Telecommunications and Information Administration in the US Department of Commerce. He coordinates NTIA's multistakeholder processes, bringing together the community on issues like vulnerability disclosure and IoT Security. Prior to joining the Federal Government, Friedman spent over a decade as a noted cybersecurity and technology policy researcher at Harvard's Computer Science Department, the Brookings Institution, and George Washington University's Engineering School. He has a degree in computer science from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University, and is the Co-Author of "Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know".