John P. Carlin is a partner at Paul, Weiss, leading the Investigations, Cybersecurity & Data Protection and National Security practices. He advises industry-leading organizations on matters involving privacy and cybersecurity, crisis management, CFIUS, sanctions and export control, white collar defense and internal investigations. John has held high-level positions in both Republican and Democratic administrations, including Acting Deputy Attorney General of the United States, top national security official for the U.S. Department of Justice, Chief of Staff of the FBI and senior federal prosecutor. He has managed major cyber incidents including the Russian SolarWinds intrusion, the North Korean cyber-attack on Sony, the Iranian cyber-attacks and the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attacks. John is the author of Dawn of the Code War: America’s Battle Against Russia, China and the Rising Global Cyber Threat and was an inaugural Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs' Homeland Security Project. He is also the Founding Chair (now Chair Emeritus and Strategic Advisor) of the Aspen Institute's Cybersecurity and Technology program.