Michael Chertoff is chairman of the Chertoff Group and was secretary of homeland security from 2005 to 2009. Chertoff led efforts to protect the country from terrorists and transformed the Federal Emergency Management Agency into an effective organization after Hurricane Katrina. At the Chertoff Group, he provides high-level strategic counsel to corporate and government leaders on a broad range of security issues, from risk identification and prevention to preparedness, response and recovery. Chertoff is also senior of counsel at Covington & Burling LLP and a member of its White Collar Defense and Investigations practice group. Before the Department of Homeland Security, Chertoff was a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. Earlier, during more than a decade as a federal prosecutor, he investigated and prosecuted cases of political corruption, organized crime, corporate fraud and terrorism, including the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Chertoff is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

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Cybersecurity: When Hackers Attack

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