Jen Weedon is an experienced and cross-functional leader in strategic threat intelligence analysis and cyber risk management consulting. She currently leads FireEye’s strategic analysis team, where she and her team advise a range of private sector and government clients on global cyber threat risks. Jen works with her team to analyze, forecast, write, and brief on the ever-evolving cyber threat landscape. Previously, Jen held similar positions with Mandiant, where she contributed to a landmark report linking a long-running cyber espionage effort to a Chinese military unit, and threat intelligence firm iSIGHT Partners. Prior to that, Jen analyzed and briefed policymakers on Russia’s intents and motivations in cyberspace for the U.S. defense community. She was previously awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to assess the international community’s efforts to stem trafficking in women in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Jen has a master’s degree in Public International Law and Security Studies from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (2008), and a bachelor’s degree from Smith College (2002). Jen is frequently interviewed in the national and international media on cybersecurity (print, TV and radio), including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Washington Post, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, Reuters, CNN International, and Fox News.

Fun-fact: She lives with her soon-to-be husband Garry and their three vocal cats in Del Ray, Alexandria.