Sarah Powazek
Program Director, Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley
Program Director, Public Interest Cybersecurity, UC Berkeley
Sarah Powazek serves as the Program Director of Public Interest Cybersecurity at the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), where she leads flagship work on defending low-resource organizations like nonprofits, municipalities, and schools from cyberattacks. She bolsters programs that serve these target-rich, resource-poor organizations, including Berkeley’s Citizen Clinic, the Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics, and other cyber volunteering programs. Sarah also hosts the Cyber Civil Defense Summit, an annual mission-based gathering of cyber defenders to protect the nation’s most vulnerable public infrastructure. Sarah previously worked at CrowdStrike Strategic Advisory Services, and as the Program Manager of the Ransomware Task Force.