Raj Samani is Chief Scientist and McAfee Fellow for cybersecurity firm McAfee Enterprise. He has assisted multiple law enforcement agencies in cybercrime cases and is a special advisor to the European Cybercrime Centre in The Hague. Samani has been recognized for his contribution to the computer security industry through numerous awards, including the Infosecurity Europe Hall of Fame, Peter Szor award, and Intel Achievement Award, among others. He is the coauthor of the book "Applied Cyber Security and the Smart Grid" and the "CSA Guide to Cloud Computing," as well as technical editor for numerous other publications.
This session reviews plans to improve the cybersecurity of the European Union’s critical infrastructure, including Commission President Ursula VON DER LEYEN’s proposal for a Preparedness Union Strategy. It also discusses cybersecurity capacity assistance to Ukraine via the Tallinn Mechanism as well as the future of cybersecurity cooperation within and between the EU and NATO.
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Deputy Director for the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE)
NIST
Cyber Policy Officer
European External Action Service (EEAS)
Threat Research & Intelligence Lead
McAfee
Director of the Cyber Initiative
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
