Naomi Lefkovitz
Naomi Lefkovitz is the Senior Privacy Policy Advisor in the Information Technology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce. She leads the privacy engineering program, which focuses on developing privacy risk management processes and integrating solutions for protecting individuals’ privacy into information technologies, including digital identity services, IoT, smart cities, big data, mobile, and artificial intelligence.
FierceGovernmentIT named Ms. Lefkovitz on their 2013 “Fierce15” list of the most forward-thinking people working within government information technology, and she is a 2014 and 2018 Federal 100 Awards winner.
Before joining NIST, she was the Director for Privacy and Civil Liberties in the Cybersecurity Directorate of the National Security Council in the Executive Office of the President. Her portfolio included the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace as well as addressing the privacy and civil liberties impact of the Obama Administration’s cybersecurity initiatives and programs.
Prior to her tenure in the Obama Administration, Ms. Lefkovitz was a senior attorney with the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection at the Federal Trade Commission. Her responsibilities focused primarily on policy matters, including legislation, rulemakings, and business and consumer education in the areas of identity theft, data security and privacy.
At the outset of her career, she was Assistant General Counsel at CDnow, Inc., an early online music retailer.
Ms. Lefkovitz holds a B.A. with honors in French Literature from Bryn Mawr College and a J.D. with honors from Temple University School of Law.
Contributions by Naomi Lefkovitz
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PETS: How Can We Drive Progress? National Strategies and Regulator Perspectives
Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2024 -
Bringing Responsible AI to Life for Engineers and Data Scientists
Speaker at AI Governance Global 2023, an IAPP event - Member of A.I. Advisory Board 2023 - 2024
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Privacy Impact Assessment Best Practices under the CCPA and GDPR
Speaker at In-Person San Francisco KnowledgeNet: April 25, 2023 -
A Practitioner's Guide To Managing and Mitigating the Privacy Risks of AI
Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023 -
Privacy Engineering Section Forum
Forum Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023 -
How To Think About Privacy-enhancing Technologies
Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022 -
Privacy Metrics: Measuring Privacy Programs
Web Conference Speaker -
NIST Privacy Framework and CMMI Integration
Speaker at Virtual Los Angeles and Northern Virginia KnowledgeNet: March 17, 2021 -
How NIST Protects Privacy in an Ever-Changing Compliance Landscape
Web Conference Speaker -
How Cybersecurity Supports Privacy
Speaker at Virtual Bermuda KnowledgeNet: 21 October 2020 -
Raising The Privacy Standard
Speaker at Virtual Melbourne KnowledgeNet: 1 October 2020 -
Privacy Framework: Improving Privacy Through Enterprise Risk Management
Speaker at IAPP Summit Sessions 2020 Online - Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2020 - Canceled
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NIST Privacy Framework: V1.0 is Coming!
Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019