Alyza Sebenius

I focus on defining legal issues related to national security and technology. Prior to becoming a lawyer, I wrote about this subject as a journalist. I served as a full-time White House and cybersecurity reporter for Bloomberg News in Washington D.C., writing daily from the White House and regularly traveling aboard Air Force One, both abroad and across the country. My work was published online and in Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, and I was frequently live on Bloomberg TV and radio.

I first wrote about cybersecurity for The Atlantic, where I spent two years in editorial roles for the print magazine. I also worked as chief book assistant on The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, which was published by Crown and produced as an HBO documentary. Additionally, I contributed stories to The New York Times from Jerusalem and completed an Aspen Strategy Group fellowship for individuals in the field of national security under age thirty-five.

I graduated from Harvard College in 2015 and Harvard Law School in 2024. As a lawyer, I worked in the national security practice of Wilson Sonsini, advising clients on issues related to artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. I currently serve as a judicial law clerk in the District of Massachusetts.