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Cyber spying. Russian hacking. DNC leaks, fake news, and manipulation. To Laura Galante, cybersecurity—and cyber literacy—are indispensable tools for any government or corporation. From The New York Times and CNN to the TED main stage, Galante makes sense of a subject notorious for spin—and links the need for digital literacy to a defense of both corporate security and democracy itself.
Laura Galante analyzes how the modern state uses cyberspace, or information space, to further its interests. She describes a domain where militaries, intelligence services, criminal groups, and individuals interact and jockey for power—with far fewer restraints than in the physical world. She is both a leading voice and trusted authority for organizations and media seeking plain-spoken, lucid explanations of this phenomenon, including CNN, Bloomberg, NPR, BBC, Fox News, The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, as well as the TED main stage. Most recently, she founded Galante Strategies to assist governments, corporations, and private citizens in recognizing, and responding to, cyber and information threats.
Galante previously served as Director of Global Intelligence at FireEye, where her teams investigated network activity, profiled advanced threats, and communicated the political, military, and financial implications of cyber operations. A founding member of Mandiant Intelligence, her work has involved leading strategic analysis, developing intelligence capabilities and offerings, and directing intelligence publications, including: APT28: A Window into Russia’s State Cyber Espionage; Red Line Drawn: China Recalculates its Use of Cyber Espionage; and Hacking the Street? FIN4 Likely Playing the Market.
In November 2016, Galante spoke at the UN Security Council’s meeting on cybersecurity and international peace and security. Prior to her work at FireEye and Mandiant, she led a contractor team analyzing cyber capability development and military doctrine at the U.S. Department of Defense, and supported the 2010 U.S.-Russia bilateral information security talks. She holds a J.D. from the Catholic University of America and a B.A. in Foreign Affairs and Italian from the University of Virginia.