Dr. Allan Friedman is internationally recognized as a leader in cybersecurity and supply chain risk management, best known for spearheading the global Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) movement. He drove SBOM from a niche technical idea into a widely adopted pillar of cybersecurity policy and practice.
He is currently a consultant and the Technologist-in-Residence at the TPO Group, and a Senior Technical Advisor at the Institute for Security and Policy.
With over a decade as a senior government official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Friedman led groundbreaking initiatives on SBOM, coordinated vulnerability disclosure, application security, and IoT risk. He works with companies, governments, and industry groups to navigate emerging cybersecurity challenges, from building out supply chain security programs, to meeting regulatory demands to designing forward looking strategies for emerging technologies and markets.
Before his government roles, Friedman spent over a decade as a researcher and technologist at Harvard University’s Computer Science Department, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Brookings Institution, and George Washington University’s School of Engineering. He is the co-author of Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press), a widely read guide that demystifies complex cyber threats and policy. He holds a computer science degree from Swarthmore College and a PhD in public policy from Harvard University, and remains a cheerful instigator of progress.
Allan will participate in SBOM Focus
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