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  • Nonresident fellow
  • Senior Policy Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Will Loomis

Will Loomis is a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative under the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). He is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Loomis previously served as an associate director with the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, where he led the program’s work on critical infrastructure cybersecurity and software supply chain risk management. He was also formerly the chair of Young Professionals in Foreign Policy’s Cybersecurity Policy & Technology Discussion Group and an organizer for Policy at DEF CON.

Originally from New York, he holds a BA in Political Science, with a focus on International Relations and Securities Studies from Colgate University. He is also a Certified Bourbon Steward.

July 2020

App stores in focus

by Trey Herr, June Lee, Will Loomis, and Stewart Scott

App stores and hubs are a popular target for software supply chain attacks on large numbers of users, exploiting trust in proprietary app ecosystems and the security of storefronts like Play Store and App Store.
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July 2020

Deep impact: States and software supply chain attacks

by Trey Herr, June Lee, Will Loomis, and Stewart Scott

States have used software supply chain attacks to great effect. Hijacked updates have routinely delivered the most crippling state-backed attacks, thanks in part to a continued failure to secure the code-signing process.
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April 2020

Closing the cyber skills gap: Nine perspectives on Cyber 9/12

by Will Loomis

Cyber 9/12 was a resounding success, with twenty-two teams, over forty-five judges, and six keynote speakers participating virtually from across the United States. We asked nine individuals who contributed to Cyber 9/12 DC in different ways to share their insights, experiences, and takeaways from the event.
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