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Tech Talks

Tor & The Dark Web

Dr. Sarah Cortes

April 2 | 12:00 - 1:00pm ET | In-Person | YT16

Sarah Cortes

TECH TALKS

Is a series of lunchtime discussions on the Technologies Changing our World co-hosted by the Tech, Law & Security Program and the Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property at American University, Washington College of Law.Ìý

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr. Sarah Cortes is President of .ÌýPrior to undertaking her PhD, Sarah was a Senior Vice President for Security, IT Audit and Disaster Recovery at , an investment management firm with over $400 billion in assets under management.  Sarah has published articles on computer security, privacy, mutual criminal legal assistance treaties (MLATs), and the darknet, including  World Treaty Cartel Internet Overlay for Digital Traffic Analytics, featured in the .Ìý

A former analyst for the US Department of Energy, she led the  (NIST) Cybersecurity Working Group sub-team, as co-author of the 2014 , as well as the , that created the security and privacy laws section of the report. She has helped draft data breach laws, and testified before the Massachusetts legislature and regulatory agencies.

In addition to her work on various industry standards bodies, Sarah serves on the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) P1912 . While completing her PhD, Sarah interns at the  in Digital and Multimedia Evidence.Ìý