DeNardis speaks on space cybersecurity and governance at Carnegie Mellon University

On Thursday, March 27, 2025, CDE director Laura DeNardis gave a seminar at the Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science on space cybersecurity and governance, focusing on some of the most promising strategies for securing cyber infrastructure in space and addressing the critical anticipatory governance and coordination questions that must be answered now to ensure the design and security of a solar-system Internet for the benefit of humanity. The seminar was part of CMU’s Institute for Strategy & Technology Speaker Series.

Discussant Lauryn Williams previously served as Chief of Staff in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), where she spearheaded release of the first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan. Immediately prior, she was Director for Strategy in the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) and drove the White House strategic initiative on space system cybersecurity.