Kiersten Todt

Kiersten E. Todt is the resident scholar at the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security. She is also the president and managing partner of Liberty Group Ventures, LLC (LGV), a role in which she develops risk and crisis management solutions for cybersecurity, infrastructure, homeland security, emergency management, and higher education clients in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Todt advises senior executives and boards on cyber risk management, including the development and execution of tabletop exercises and relevant senior-level education and training programs. She also provides strategic advice and counsel to senior leaders in industry and government.

She recently served as the executive director of the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, which helped carry out President Barack Obama’s Cybersecurity National Action Plan. In this capacity, Todt was responsible for convening six public commission meetings and leading the 12 commissioners—leaders from industry, government, academia, and law enforcement—to develop a consensus document of cybersecurity recommendations. The commission delivered its report on cybersecurity and the digital economy to President Obama on December 1, 2016. Many of the commission’s recommendations were included in President Donald Trump’s cyber executive order signed on May 11, 2017.

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