Todd Hinnen was quoted in the Morning Consult article, "Security Expert: Government Should Look to Silicon Valley on Cyber," regarding the recent global ransomware attack and highlighting opportunities for the private sector to provide expertise to government, simultaneously advancing data security and protecting privacy.

Many of the solutions the government seeks may already be in use by tech firms, said Todd Hinnen, a Perkins Coie attorney who was previously acting assistant attorney general for national security at the Justice Department.

“The innovation brought by the private sector, by startups in Silicon Valley, is presenting a wide variety of options for policymakers,” Hinnen said in an interview Tuesday. “That’s why it’s important that forums be established to discuss these different options and to explore the different policy approaches for these things. And if Congress doesn’t play that role, then the administration needs to do it.”