Jake Braun has worked at the intersection of politics, national security, and foreign policy for over two decades. He was appointed by President Obama as White House liaison to the Department of Homeland Security. He was then a senior official in the Biden Administration, serving as the acting Principal Deputy National Cyber Director. He was also Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security. After he left the administration, Braun produced several award-winning reports on election security. He is the author of Democracy in Danger: How Hackers and Activists Exposed Fatal Flaws in the Election System (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019). Upon returning to Chicago, he established the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. Braun is the cofounder of a national security consulting firm. The firm has operated in over forty countries.