Alyza Sebenius

I practice national security law, focusing on the intersection of technology and U.S. foreign policy. Prior to becoming a lawyer, I developed relevant experience in this area by writing about it 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 with POTUS 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 politics and cybersecurity, among other topics, for The Atlantic, where I spent two years in editorial roles for the magazine. I also worked as chief book assistant on The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age by David Sanger (NYT national security correspondent), which was published by Crown in 2018 and later produced as an HBO documentary. I am fluent in Hebrew and have contributed stories to The New York Times from Jerusalem, where I served as personal assistant to the NYT bureau chief.

I graduated from Harvard College in 2015 and Harvard Law School in 2024. I have served as a member of The White House Correspondents Association, National Press Club and Aspen Strategy Group's Rising Leaders Program, a fellowship for individuals in the field of national security under age thirty-five.