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Encryption Working Group
About the Project

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Princeton University have convened a small group of experts to advance a more constructive dialogue on encryption policy. The working group consists of former government officials, business representatives, privacy and civil rights advocates, law enforcement experts, and computer scientists. Observers from U.S. federal government agencies attended a select number of working group sessions. Since 2018, the working group has met to discuss a number of important issues related to encryption policy, including how the relevant technologies and uses of encryption will evolve in the future.

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Members of the Encryption Working Group include:

  • Jim Baker
    Former General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Katherine Charlet
    Program Director, Technology and International Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Tom Donahue
    Visiting Fellow, George Mason National Security Institute, and former Senior Director for Cyber Operations, National Security Council, White House
  • Ed Felten
    Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, Princeton University
  • Avril Haines
    Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Columbia World Projects and former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Susan Hennessey
    Executive Editor, Lawfare, and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution
  • Chris Inglis
    Managing Director, Paladin Capital Group, and former Deputy Director, National Security Agency
  • Sean Joyce
    US Cybersecurity and Privacy Leader, PwC, and former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Susan Landau
    Bridge Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University
  • Christy Lopez
    Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law Center
  • Alex Macgillivray
    Board Member, Data & Society, and former Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States
  • Jason Matheny
    Founding Director, Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology, and former Director, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
  • Tim Maurer
    Co-Director and Fellow, Cyber Policy Initiative, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Denis McDonough
    Visiting Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former White House Chief of Staff
  • Laura Moy
    Executive Director, Center on Privacy & Technology, Georgetown Law Center
  • Michelle Richardson
    Director, Privacy and Data Project, Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Ronald L. Rivest
    Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ari Schwartz
    Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP
  • Harlan Yu
    Executive Director, Upturn
  • Denise Zheng
    Senior Associate (Non-resident), Technology Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all members. Some wish to remain anonymous for the time being and to contribute in their personal capacity.

Members of the Encryption Working Group include:

  • Jim Baker
    Former General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Katherine Charlet
    Program Director, Technology and International Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Tom Donahue
    Visiting Fellow, George Mason National Security Institute, and former Senior Director for Cyber Operations, National Security Council, White House
  • Ed Felten
    Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, Princeton University
  • Avril Haines
    Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Columbia World Projects and former Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Susan Hennessey
    Executive Editor, Lawfare, and Senior Fellow in Governance Studies, the Brookings Institution
  • Chris Inglis
    Managing Director, Paladin Capital Group, and former Deputy Director, National Security Agency
  • Sean Joyce
    US Cybersecurity and Privacy Leader, PwC, and former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Susan Landau
    Bridge Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University
  • Christy Lopez
    Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law Center
  • Alex Macgillivray
    Board Member, Data & Society, and former Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the United States
  • Jason Matheny
    Founding Director, Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology, and former Director, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
  • Tim Maurer
    Co-Director and Fellow, Cyber Policy Initiative, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • Denis McDonough
    Visiting Senior Fellow, Technology and International Affairs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former White House Chief of Staff
  • Laura Moy
    Executive Director, Center on Privacy & Technology, Georgetown Law Center
  • Michelle Richardson
    Director, Privacy and Data Project, Center for Democracy and Technology
  • Ronald L. Rivest
    Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ari Schwartz
    Managing Director of Cybersecurity Services, Venable LLP
  • Harlan Yu
    Executive Director, Upturn
  • Denise Zheng
    Senior Associate (Non-resident), Technology Policy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Note: This is not a comprehensive list of all members. Some wish to remain anonymous for the time being and to contribute in their personal capacity.