Jane Lute

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  • Cybersecurity & Homeland Security Expert
  • Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2009-2013)
  • Strategic Director, SICPA SecurInk
  • Former Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations

Jane Holl Lute has dedicated her career to preventing terrorism, enhancing global stabilty and security, and helping those in crisis. It says something about the times in which we live that Ms. Lute now focuses on cyberterrorism, the source of today's most menacing threats to nations, businesses and individuals. Audiences praise Ms. Lute for grounding her remarks about cybersecurity in her roots as a United Nations Peace builder and Assistant Secretary-General of the U.N. responsible for comprehensive on-the-ground support for humanitarian operations in crises. She has also served as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of the Department's efforts to prevent terrorism and enhance security, secure and manage the nation's borders, administer and enforce U.S. immigration laws, strengthen national resilience in the face of disasters, and ensure the nation's cybersecurity.

Ms. Lute is currently strategic director for SICPA SecurInk, a privately held Swiss company that provides security solutions to protect the integrity of most of the world’s banknotes. Ms. Lute serves as director on the board of Union Pacific Railroad, Marsh McLennan Corporation, and Shell plc. Previously, Ms. Lute served as Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Internet Security, an operating not-for-profit organization and home of the U.S. Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) providing cybersecurity services for U.S. state, local, tribal and territorial governments. 

 



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Past Hosts Include:
  • Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
  • The American Academy in Berlin
  • Northern Kentucky University
  • RSA Global Summit
  • University of Maryland
  • Aspen Ideas Festival
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We had a WONDERFUL experience with Jane Lute!!! Our surveys have come back and are overwhelmingly extremely positive about her keynote presentation. We were truly thrilled to have her experience and her perspective on cybersecurity.

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Making Sense of Security in the Cyber Age

While security is typically something that modern societies assign to their governments — governments run the police, the military, make the laws, etc. — there have been no clear or consistent assignments to governments for security in cyberspace. Indeed, governments everywhere are struggling to def ...

While security is typically something that modern societies assign to their governments — governments run the police, the military, make the laws, etc. — there have been no clear or consistent assignments to governments for security in cyberspace. Indeed, governments everywhere are struggling to define and assert their own proper role in cyberspace as the Internet expands at the rate of over 100 new users per minute. How well are nation-states, international institutions, or even the major multinational corporations coping with these developments? What lessons from the post-War decades of institution building and economic development endure and which have not made it out of the 20th Century intact? Drawing on experience in international, national, and homeland security, JANE LUTE offers a policy perspective on security in the Cyber Age. 

Cybersecurity for the Rest of Us

What exactly is happening in cyberspace? Is the Internet really changing everything? Just how reliant are modern societies on global connectivity, instantaneous access to seemingly limitless information, and deeply pervasive automation that runs everything? What are the social effects of this connec ...

What exactly is happening in cyberspace? Is the Internet really changing everything? Just how reliant are modern societies on global connectivity, instantaneous access to seemingly limitless information, and deeply pervasive automation that runs everything? What are the social effects of this connectivity — or example, is all of cyberspace ‘public?’ What does it mean to speak of personal privacy or personally identifiable information? What are the most significant political implications of the worldwide ‘cyber awakening’ that is accompanying the ongoing, organic, and instantaneous expansion of the Internet? What is happening at the key intersection of technology, power, and wealth?  

Homeland Security and You

Created a dozen years ago in the wake of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has no problem with brand name recognition. It is continually challenged, however, with brand name understanding. Why do we have DHS? What does it do? How does it work? How will we know it’s succeeding? Is there ...

Created a dozen years ago in the wake of 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has no problem with brand name recognition. It is continually challenged, however, with brand name understanding. Why do we have DHS? What does it do? How does it work? How will we know it’s succeeding? Is there a difference between National Security and Homeland Security? 

Understanding the Global Supply Chain of Trouble: Lessons from Homeland Security

Pandemics, natural disasters, manmade crises, riots, organized crime, war. How do countries cope with challenges that seem to outsize the ability of any government to handle? Drawing on over three decades of operational and policy experience at the national and international level, Lute talks about ...

Pandemics, natural disasters, manmade crises, riots, organized crime, war. How do countries cope with challenges that seem to outsize the ability of any government to handle? Drawing on over three decades of operational and policy experience at the national and international level, Lute talks about how governments around the world work behind the scenes of military and diplomatic relations to solve problems every day. 

How Do Wars End?

Why do wars end when they do? Why do some wars, it seems, never end? What factors combine to prevent wars from ending? How do events far removed from the battlefield often come to influence policymakers to prolong or preemptively conclude war?  ...

Why do wars end when they do? Why do some wars, it seems, never end? What factors combine to prevent wars from ending? How do events far removed from the battlefield often come to influence policymakers to prolong or preemptively conclude war? 

Preventing Violent Conflict

Given mankind’s history of warfare, is it possible to think realistically about how a war might be prevented? Why do certain factors combine to unleash widespread violence in one setting, while in another, war is avoided? How should we think about the outbreak, spread, or resumption of violence in o ...

Given mankind’s history of warfare, is it possible to think realistically about how a war might be prevented? Why do certain factors combine to unleash widespread violence in one setting, while in another, war is avoided? How should we think about the outbreak, spread, or resumption of violence in order to preclude wholesale slaughter? Is there a role for civil society, the private sector, or even individuals in preventing the outbreak of violence? 

Additional Topics

Performance Peacekeeping: The Role of Technology and Innovation in Global Peace Operations Working Women and Women Who Work: Does the Difference Matter? The Key to Raising Girls: A Lifetime of “Life Lines”  ...

Performance Peacekeeping: The Role of Technology and Innovation in Global Peace Operations

Working Women and Women Who Work: Does the Difference Matter?

The Key to Raising Girls: A Lifetime of “Life Lines”
 

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<p><strong>Cybersecurity Pioneer Jane Lute Addresses Artificial Intelligence</strong></p>

Cybersecurity Pioneer Jane Lute Addresses Artificial Intelligence

Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, current President and CEO of the Council on CyberSecurity, and Board Member of the Center for Internet Security JANE LUTE has taken a future-first approach to artificial intelligence, diving into a pool of hands-on opportunities to address artificial intelligence. Never one to leave an enterprise at risk for cyber-attacks, Lute was even tapped by Vetra AI to address the cybersecurity concerns pertinent to large language models. As the preeminent authority on cybersecurity best practices, Lute is incomparably equipped to assess, understand, and respond to the artificial intelligence revolution. Lute provides a clear-eyed assessment of the risks and benefits posed by AI to any organization.

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<p>Jane Lute is a sought-out expert on cybersecurity</p>

Jane Lute is a sought-out expert on cybersecurity

A former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2009-2013) and current President and CEO of the Council on CyberSecurity and Board Member of the Center for Internet Security, JANE LUTE is an internationally trusted and renowned cybersecurity expert who has dedicated her career to enhancing global security and handling crises. Elected to the Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation due to her cybersecurity expertise, Hall is frequently in-demand by major conferences and the media alike to address everything from the evolving landscape of cyber threats to how they are most effectively handled. She has delivered a TECH Talk at the Symantec Government Symposium, spoke on a panel at the RSA Conference, and was sought-out for her insights on what she called a “global cyber awakening” for global supply chains as they are permeated by tech.

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Ms. Jane Holl Lute is currently strategic director for SICPA SecurInk, a privately held Swiss company that provides security solutions to protect the integrity of most of the world’s banknotes. Ms. Lute served previously as Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and as undersecretary-general of the United Nations, where she held several positions in peacekeeping, peace building, and in the office of the Secretary-General. Ms. Lute serves as director on the board of Union Pacific Railroad, Marsh McLennan Corporation, and Shell plc.

Previously, Ms. Lute served as Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Internet Security, an operating not-for-profit organization and home of the U.S. Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) providing cybersecurity services for U.S. state, local, tribal and territorial governments.

Ms. Lute began her career in the United States Army and served on the National Security Council staff under both Presidents George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton.

Ms. Lute holds a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University and a J.D. from Georgetown University.