Digital Inclusivity Dec 8-11, 2020

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Cristin Goodwin

Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft

Cristin Flynn Goodwin is the Assistant General Counsel of the Digital Security Unit in Microsoft's Customer Security and Trust organization. Cristin's team leads Microsoft's efforts to understand and disrupt nation state attacks against customers and the computing ecosystem. On the legal side, Cristin provides a focal point for addressing complex cybersecurity legal problems across Microsoft. She has been a leader in incident response, information sharing, and source code security for over a decade. Cristin joined Microsoft in 2006, where she initially served as policy counsel in Microsoft's Washington, DC office. Prior to joining Microsoft, Cristin worked for several telecommunications companies. She began her career as a trial lawyer in New York City, and worked in the World Trade Center - which cemented her commitment to security for the rest of her career.