Sarah Powazek
Director
Consortium of Cybersecurity Clinics
Cybersecurity for the Public Good For decades, students at schools of law and medicine…
Serving the Community
Cybersecurity, when applied equitably, builds trust in the institutions that provide essential services. The Public Interest Cybersecurity Program seeks to ensure that all communities that rely on technology for public life receive cybersecurity protection.
We use a local, community-centered lens to identify organizations that serve the public good but struggle with basic cyber protections, such as nonprofits, local governments, schools, and small businesses, and focus cybersecurity resources on those at high-risk for cyber attacks. Public Interest Cybersecurity focuses on practical solutions to long-term challenges, and favors highly collaborative local partnerships to develop and implement them.
The Public Interest Cybersecurity Program is inspired by many initiatives that focus technology resources on the under-served, including New America’s Public Interest Technology Network (PIT-UN), EFF’s work on Digital Safety, and the industry-shaping cyberphilanthropy of the Hewlett Foundation’s Cyber Initiative, Craig Newmark’s Cyber Civil Defense Initiative, and Okta for Good’s Tech for Good program.
We are housed at the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity, and are affiliated with Berkeley’s School of Information.
“All communities that rely on technology for public life should have access to cybersecurity protections.“
Sarah Powazek — Director, Public Interest Cybersecurity Program
What is Public Interest Cybersecurity?
Our Projects
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CyberCAN: Cybersecurity for Cities and Nonprofits
A San Francisco Project with National Impact Nonprofits like food banks, homelessness services, and…
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Supporting Volunteer Cyber Defenders
Helping Target-Rich, Resource-Poor Organizations Many organizations providing critical services like nonprofits, cities, small hospitals,…
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Cyber Civil Defense Summit
About The Cyber Civil Defense Summit is a one-of-a-kind gathering of cyber defenders, academics,…
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Community Logos for Cyber Civil Defense
Cyber Civil Defense @ CLTC CLTC hosts the Cyber Civil Defense Summit, a one-of-a-kind…
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UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic
Advancing Digital Security and Privacy for the Social Sector
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PACE: Partnership for Advancing Cybersecurity in Education
Retooling EdTech to better protect students and educators The Challenge Across the 14,000 school…
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Cyber Resilience Corps
What if community volunteers could protect our most under-resourced organizations? Community Organizations Face Rising…
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Secure Clean Energy Initiative
Digital technology will help drive the critical transition to clean energy. For this transition…
