Katherine Hennessey is the Head of Government Services at NightDragon, where she leads efforts to position the firm’s portfolio companies for success across the public sector. With more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of industry and government, she has driven partnerships that strengthen national security and innovation. Prior to joining NightDragon, she led Government Affairs for cybersecurity companies CrowdStrike and Forescout Technologies. Prior to this she ran her own government relations consulting firm, taught as a professor at Georgetown University’s prestigious Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and served as Subcommittee Staff Director on the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. As a leading voice on cybersecurity policy issues, Katherine has appeared on and provided commentary for Bloomberg, Fortune, the WSJ, the New York Times and other media outlets and she serves as a Senior Fellow at the McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security at Auburn University and on the Advisory Board of the Technology Advancement Center (TAC).