Eric Wenger is a Director for Government Affairs and leads Cisco's cybersecurity public policy work globally. Eric came to Cisco from Microsoft, where he was Policy Counsel. He was a Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section and a Special Assistant United States Attorney in DC’s Computer Hacking & Intellectual Property Unit. He served as an Attorney in the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection and an Attorney Advisor to then Commissioner Thomas B. Leary. He was also Assistant Attorney General in New York, where he started the first statewide law enforcement unit in the U.S. focused on e-commerce. Eric earned his undergraduate degree at Cornell University and graduated with Honors from George Washington University Law School.
Executive in Residence for Public Safety & Resilience
Institute for Security and Technologyv
Director, Cybersecurity Engineering Centre
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore
Cyber Policy Officer
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Affairs Team
Palo Alto Networks
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Asset Protection, National Security Division
U.S. Department of Justice
