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5G Technology and National Security: Vulnerabilities and Best Practices

November 12, 202025:47

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Melissa K. Griffith, Public Policy Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program. Griffith discusses the continuing global digital divide and highlights cybersecurity related issues with the rolling out of 5G services around the globe.

Guest

Melissa K. Griffith

Former Director of Emerging Technology and National Security; Senior Program Associate with the Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP);
Lecturer in Technology and National Security at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies and a Non-Resident Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC)

Moderator

John Milewski

Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW

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