Davis Hake

Lecturer

Biography

As a policy leader and entrepreneur, Davis Hake has worked across the government and private sector to strengthen our national cybersecurity. He is the cofounder of a new cybersecurity startup, Arceo Analytics and is serving as an adjunct fellow with the Center for Strategic and International Security. Previously Davis served as director of Cybersecurity Strategy at Palo Alto Networks, where he built and launched the first cybersecurity portal for corporate directors and officers (www.securityroundtable.org) and was responsible for the company’s go-to-market strategy for its cyber intelligence service.

Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks, Davis served nearly a decade in the U.S. government, coordinating federal interagency cyber incident response and policy at the National Security Council and the Department of Homeland Security. Before joining the Obama Administration, Davis was a leader in cyber and defense legislation and oversight on Capitol Hill, where he ran the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus and drafted the first comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, culminating in the passage of the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 into law.