Class of 2025

Winnona DeSombre Bernsen is a fellow at the Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Research Lab, a Harvard Belfer Center fellow, and a Policy@DEFCON organizer. In recent years she has testified to US Congress and the US National Security Council on offensive cyber capabilities stemming from regions such as the Middle East and China. Formerly a threat intelligence analyst at Google and Recorded Future, she is currently pursuing a joint JD/MPP from Harvard Kennedy and Georgetown Law. Her research interests include the proliferation of privatized cyber capabilities and the nexus between cyber and national security, especially as it pertains to law and policy.