Jen Ellis

Associate Fellow, Founder of NextJenSecurity

Biography

Jen Ellis is working to reduce cyber risk for all digital citizens. As founder of NextJenSecurity, she partners with security experts, technology providers and operators, civil society, and governments, to create greater understanding of cyber security challenges and solutions. Jen promotes better collaboration among these communities, more effective cyber security advocacy, and broader adoption of security best practices. 

Jen serves on the UK Cabinet Office’s Government Cyber Advisory Board and the UK Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology’s Cyber Resilience Expert Advisory Group. She is also a co-chair of IST’s Ransomware Task Force, sits on the boards of the Center for Cybersecurity Policy and Law, and the Rapid7 Cybersecurity Foundation, and is a member of the board of advisors for the CyberPeace Institute and the RUSI Ransomware Harms investigation. She has testified before U.S. Congress and spoken at numerous security and business conferences.

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