Allan Friedman

Senior Technical Advisor, Institute for Security and Technology

Dr. Allan Friedman is Senior Technical Advisor at the Institute for Security and Technology and a cybersecurity policy expert whose work has helped shape modern approaches to software supply chain transparency. During more than a decade in federal service at NTIA and CISA, he led eﬀorts to advance Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) and related cybersecurity initiatives. Prior to public service, he held research positions at Harvard University’s Computer Science Department, the Brookings Institution, and George Washington University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. His current work focuses on transparency across software, hardware, and AI supply chains, and he advises industry on supply chain risk management as Technologist-in-Residence at TPO.group.

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