Careers in Cybersecurity & Public Policy

• Hina Gir – Manager at Deloitte, Cyber & Strategic Risk
• Monica M. Ruiz – Program Manager/ Digital Diplomacy Strategist at Microsoft
• Andy Sayler – Security Engineer at Twitter

Hina M. Gir is a Manager in Cyber and Strategic Risk at Deloitte, currently serving clients at the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to joining Deloitte in Fall 2018, Hina served in severalpositions across the U.S. Government, including the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, and at the National Security Council at the White House. Hina departed the National Security Council in 2018, as the Senior Advisor for International Economic Affairs. Prior to becoming the Senior Advisor, Hina was Special Assistant to National Security Advisor, General H.R. McMaster. And before joining the West Wing of the White House, she was the Special Assistant for cybersecurity policy at the National Security Council for 14 months and transitioned from the Obama administration to the Trump administration in this role.

Monica M. Ruiz is a Program Manager in Microsoft’s Digital Diplomacy team. In this role she focuses on efforts to promote stability in cyberspace and advance trust, security and human rights in this domain. Prior to joining Microsoft, Monica was the Program Fellow for the Cyber Initiative and Special Projects at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Earlier in her career, she was the first recipient of the U.S. Boren Fellowship to travel to Estonia where her research focused on cybersecurity policy and strategy. Born in Ecuador and raised in Miami, she holds a bachelor’s degree from Florida International University and a master’s degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. 

Andy Salyer is a Staff Security Engineer on Twitter's Information Security Team. He specializes in systems and infrastructure security, including issues related to regional risk, security policy, and identity and access management. Prior to joining Twitter, he completed his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Colorado, including a fellowship working as a policy technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, DC. He holds a BSEE from Tufts University and sits on the Silicon Flatirons Advisory Board where he deals with policy issues related to security and privacy.

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