Beard and Hurwitz Named Cyber Security & Data Privacy Trailblazers

04 Jan 2016    

Nebraska Law professors Jack Beard and Gus Hurwitz were named Cyber Security & Data Privacy Trailblazers by The National Law Journal. The list of Trailblazers recognizes people who have helped make a difference in data security and the fight against criminal cyber activity. 

Beard previously served as the Associate Deputy General Counsel (International Affairs) in the Department of Defense where he was responsible for a variety of legal matters, including those associated with arms control agreements, defense cooperation and basing agreements in the Middle East region, and programs assisting states of the former Soviet Union in the dismantlement of weapons of mass destruction and other nonproliferation activities.

Hurwitz's work builds on his background in law, technology, and economics to consider the interface between law and technology and the role of regulation in high-tech industries. Hurwitz perviously worked as a Trial Attorney with the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division in the Telecommunications and Media Enforcement Section.