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### The Author

#### Andrew Hersh

National Security Practice Leader

Andrew Hersh leads Newfront’s National Security Practice. He has served as Special Risk Advisor to the US Department of Energy’s Acting Director for ARPA-E, and has advised leaders of nations and business on leveraging risk management as an accelerant of strategic success. Andrew is a member of the Board of Directors for the “do tank” Business Executives for National Security, and has served as a Senior Fellow at George Washington University’s Center for Cyber & Homeland Security and Auburn’s McCrary Institute for Cyber & Critical Infrastructure Security. He has also served on the Infrastructure Advisory Committee for New Jersey’s Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness.

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