Sharon Cardash is Associate Director of the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security. At CCHS, her portfolio includes policy analysis, research initiatives, and education, particularly curriculum development. Cardash is principal or contributing author of many publications and testimonies on cybersecurity, homeland and national security issues. She has served in past as Senior Advisor to GW’s Center for Preparedness and Resilience; as Preceptor to HSPI’s Presidential Administrative Fellow; and as subject matter expert for the Homeland Security Advisory Council’s Future of Terrorism Task Force Report.