The Annual Cybersecurity Lecture is presented by leading experts in the cybersecurity field. Since its inaugural lecture in 2024, BCLT has been honored to have hosted the following list of distinguished speakers:
- 2nd – Nico van Eijk, University of Amsterdam
- 1st – Scott J. Shapiro, Yale University
For more information on each lecture, see below.
2nd Annual BCLT Cybersecurity Lecture: Making Oversight Work
March 6, 2025 | 3:30 P.M.
Seaborg Room
UC Berkeley Faculty Club
Presented by Nico van Eijk on “Cyber and National Security: Making Oversight Work,” where he draws upon years of oversight of two of the most capable continental intelligence agencies and explains the effort to find an improved system. The response and discussion following the lecture were led by Chris Hoofnagle, UC Berkeley Law.
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1st Annual BCLT Cybersecurity Lecture: Fancy Bear Goes Phishing
April 4, 2024 | 3:30 P.M.
Great Hall
Bancroft Hotel
Presented by Scott J. Shapiro on his most recent publication, “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing,” where he draws on his popular Yale University class about hacking to expose the secrets of the digital age. He establishes that cybercrime has less to do with defective programming than with the faulty wiring of our psyches and society. The follow-up discussion was led by Paul Schwartz, UC Berkeley Law, and responses were given by Michael Rubin, Latham & Watkins, and Josephine Wolff, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
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