Eric Wenger is Vice President of Cyber & Emerging Technology Policy at Cisco Systems. Eric previously served as Cybersecurity Director and Policy Counsel at Microsoft. His public service included the following roles: Trial Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section; Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Virginia; Bureau of Consumer Protection litigator and Commissioner’s Attorney Advisor at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission; and Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York. He holds degrees from Cornell University and the George Washington University Law School. Eric is Chair of the 2026 White Hat Gala in support of Children’s National Hospital.
Eric Wenger
Senior Director for Cyber and Emerging Technology Policy, Cisco Systems
Member
- US Cybersecurity Group
Lost Legacy: The Risk of “End-of-Life” Technology
The US faces a dire situation – we lack the data to fully measure the risks stemming from end-of-life technology too old to fix. Any effort to develop a “cyber dashboard” must reflect this data to protect our nation’s critical systems.