Net Politics Podcast: Arati Prabhakar and John Launchbury

In this latest episode of the Net Politics podcast, I sit down with Arati Prabhakar, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and John Launchbury, Director of the Information Innovation Office at DARPA.

May 16, 2016 — min

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Adam Segal

Ira A. Lipman Chair in Emerging Technologies and National Security and Director of the Digital and Cyberspace Policy Program

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I spoke with them about the future of cybersecurity and the work DARPA is doing to push the boundaries of security online.

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