October 24 at 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
Physical Science Building, PSB 120
October 24th, 2024
5:30pm EST, in-person at PSB120 or via Zoom
Israel Soong is former Director of Cyber Policy for the White House National Security Council. While at the NSC, Israel coordinated inter-agency efforts to counter nation-state cyber threats to the United States critical infrastructure, and efforts to bolster the cyber security of allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific. Before entering government service, Israel was a senior vice president for strategy at a software company in the United States, and regional vice president for an IT security company based in Asia and the Middle East. He has been a part-time seminary student at Westminster Theological Seminary, and has written for The Gospel Coalition and for the Tennent School of Theology. He graduated from Cornell with a BS in policy analysis in 1996 and obtained a JD from Harvard Law School and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2001. He enjoys kayaking, biking, and hiking Civil War battlefields.