Biography
Jiwon Ma is a senior policy analyst at FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, where she contributes to the CSC 2.0 project, an initiative to continue the work of the congressionally mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission. Her research focuses on the cyber threat landscape and adversarial strategies and capabilities, emerging technologies, cyber deterrence, and U.S. cyber and international security policies.
Jiwon’s analysis has been published in The Hill, The Cipher Brief, CyberScoop, and more. She has authored reports on critical infrastructure resilience and is the lead author of CSC 2.0’s annual assessment of the implementation of Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations.
Before joining FDD, she was the editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Affairs at Columbia University. Jiwon received a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a BA in global studies and education from Lesley University.