Drawing upon a unique combination of more than 20 years of technical, legal, policy, and business experience, Jody Westby, Esq., founded Global Cyber Risk LLC (GCR) in 2000. GCR provides first-tier advisory and technical services to organizations in the areas of cyber governance, privacy, cybersecurity, incident response, and digital asset inventories and data mapping. Her team has deep expertise in cybersecurity risk assessments against best practices and standards, including industrial control and SCADA systems used in manufacturing, utility grids, and critical infrastructure sectors. Jody also is a professional blogger for Forbes and writes a regular column for Leader's Edge magazine on cybersecurity issues.

Jody is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. She serves as chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Privacy and Computer Crime Committee (Science & Technology Law Section) and co-chair of the Cybercrime Committee (Criminal Justice Section) and has served four terms on the ABA President's Cybersecurity Task Force. She co-chaired the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security and served on the ITU Secretary-General's High Level Experts Group on Cybersecurity.

Jody is the author of seven books, all published by the American Bar Association. Her latest publication, D&O Guide to Cyber Governance: Fiduciary Duties in the Digital Age, builds on her 15 years of experience in the governance of cyber risks and widely recognized series of governance surveys and reports. She led the development of the International Toolkit on Cybercrime Legislation and was editor and co-author of the 2010 UN publication "The Quest for Cyber Peace."

Previously, she launched In-Q-Tel for the CIA, was senior managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was senior fellow and director of IT Studies for the Progress and Freedom Foundation and was director of domestic policy for the US Chamber of Commerce. Jody practiced law at Shearman & Sterling and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.

Jody earned a BA, summa cum laude, from the University of Tulsa and a JD, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center and was named to the Order of the Coif. She is also a selected member of the American Bar Foundation and the Cosmos Club.

Jody is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Colorado. She serves as chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Privacy and Computer Crime Committee (Science & Technology Law Section) and co-chair of the Cybercrime Committee (Criminal Justice Section) and is serving a third term on the ABA President's Cybersecurity Task Force. She co-chaired the World Federation of Scientists' (WFS) Permanent Monitoring Panel on Information Security and served on the ITU Secretary-General's High Level Experts Group on Cybersecurity.

Jody led the development of the International Toolkit on Cybercrime Legislation and is an editor and co-author of the 2010 WFS-ITU publication "The Quest for Cyber Peace." She is co-author and editor of four books on privacy, security, cybercrime, and enterprise security programs and author of two books on legal issues associated with cybersecurity research, all published by the ABA. She speaks globally on these issues.

Previously, Jody launched In-Q-Tel for the CIA, was senior managing director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, was senior fellow and director of IT Studies for the Progress and Freedom Foundation, and was director of domestic policy for the US Chamber of Commerce.

Jody practiced law at Shearman & Sterling and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. She holds a BA, summa cum laude from the University of Tulsa; a JD, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, and is a member of the Order of the Coif, the American Bar Foundation, and the Cosmos Club.