Nicole Perlroth
Nicole Perlroth is an Adviser to the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Nicole was The New York TImes' leading cybersecurity and digital espionage expert. During her tenure at The Times, she has covered Russian hacks of nuclear plants, airports, and elections; North Korea's cyberattacks against movie studios, banks and hospitals; Iranian attacks on oil companies, banks and the Trump campaign; and hundreds of Chinese cyberattacks, including a months-long hack of The Times. Prior to joining The Times, she was a Deputy Editor at Forbes, where she covered venture capital and startups, and produced Forbes' annual Midas List. She was an analyst at the Corporate Executive Board, a subsidiary of Gartner, and worked for the late Senator Ted Kennedy. She is the recipient of several journalism awards for her reporting on efforts by the Chinese government to steal military and industrial trade secrets. Her work has been optioned for both film and television.
Nicole Perlroth Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Cybersecurity Reporter, Digital Espionage Expert
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Deputy Editor
Academic History
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M.A., Communications
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B.A., Politics, Near Eastern Studies
NEW YORK TIMES
Nicole spent a decade as the lead cybersecurity, digital espionage and sabotage reporter for The New York Times.
Her investigations and outing of hacking divisions within China's People Liberation Army earned her the prestigious "Best in Business Award" from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
Her co-investigation of the use of commercial spyware in Mexico was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
She has been widely cited in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, New York Magazine, The Economist, and Wired Magazine.
She has been cited in Forbes, CNN, PBS, NPR, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Al Jazeera, and The Christian Science Mentor.
She has been featured in C-SPAN, NBC’s “Meet The Press,” MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “Dan Rather’s America,” Axios, CBS, CNBC, USA Today, Recorded Futures, Lawfare, the Times' podcast "Sway," "The Daily," and VOX's "Pivot."
She has delivered keynotes and speeches for the United States state Department, the World Bank, and the Munich Security Conference.
She was a speaker at the Council on Foreign Relations, World Affairs Council, Washington D.C. Metropolitan Club and Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development.
She also appeared in the Center for European Policy Analysis and the CIOSExchange, an invite-only gathering of Fortune 50 Chief Information Officers.
LECTURING
She has lectured at Stanford University, Princeton university, Columbia university, Cornell university, Harvard Kennedy School, and Hult International Business School.
She also lectured The Fletcher School at Tufts University, the Naval War College, Fordham Law, the university of California, Berkeley, and Johns Hopkins.