Robert Knake

About

Robert Knake is a strategic advisor at Paladin Capital Group focused on cybersecurity. He served as the first Deputy National Cyber Director for Strategy and Budget in the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (2022-2023), where he helped establish the office and led development of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, and earlier was Director for Cybersecurity Policy at the National Security Council (2011-2015). He has advised companies and private equity firms on cybersecurity, held fellowships at the Council on Foreign Relations and Harvard's Belfer Center, taught at Georgetown University, and co-authored two books on cybersecurity; he holds a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School and undergraduate degrees from Connecticut College.