Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
The Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professorship at UNC-Chapel Hill presents Cyber Security and Geopolitics: Present and Future Challenges with Israel Soong.
Israel C. Soong is the Director of Asia and Pacific Cyber Policy for the White House National Security Council.
At the NSC Israel coordinates inter-agency efforts to counter nation-state cyber threats to the United States' critical infrastructure. He also helps to bolster the cyber security of allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific.
Before entering government service, Israel was a senior vice president for strategy at a software company in the United States, and regional vice president for an IT security company based in Asia and the Middle East. He graduated from Cornell with a BS in policy analysis in 1996 and obtained a JD from Harvard Law School and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2001.
Originally recorded on 17 September 2024.
Thumbnail: Map of China on a background of ones and zeros. Edgar Su/Reuters
The Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professorship at UNC-Chapel Hill presents Cyber Security and Geopolitics: Present and Future Challenges with Israel Soong.
Israel C. Soong is the Director of Asia and Pacific Cyber Policy for the White House National Security Council.
At the NSC Israel coordinates inter-agency efforts to counter nation-state cyber threats to the United States' critical infrastructure. He also helps to bolster the cyber security of allied and partner nations in the Indo-Pacific.
Before entering government service, Israel was a senior vice president for strategy at a software company in the United States, and regional vice president for an IT security company based in Asia and the Middle East. He graduated from Cornell with a BS in policy analysis in 1996 and obtained a JD from Harvard Law School and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard in 2001.
Originally recorded on 17 September 2024.
Thumbnail: Map of China on a background of ones and zeros. Edgar Su/Reuters
