The Paladin Global Institute is leading a global effort to protect the world’s critical infrastructure from cyber and AI threats and promote online safety by:

• Fostering innovation and investment in solutions to protect people and technology from emerging threats;
• Conducting research and collecting data to help business and government leaders make smarter investment and policy decisions;
• Convening global thought leaders, researchers, policymakers, and technologists to build partnerships and enhance the safety of the online environment worldwide;
• Providing recommendations and analyses to business and government leaders; and
• Advocating for enhanced security by encouraging others in the venture capital community to make cybersecurity a priority in their investments.

Kemba Walden, former Acting National Cyber Director, is President of the Paladin Global Institute. Walden most recently served as acting United States National Cyber Director in 2023 after joining the Office of the National Cyber Director in 2022 as its inaugural principal deputy. Walden previously was an Assistant General Counsel at in the digital crimes unit at Microsoft, where she launched and lead Microsoft’s counter ransomware program. Prior to that role, Walden spent a decade at the United States Department of Homeland Security, including roles at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The Paladin Global Institute sits under Paladin’s Strategic Advisory Group. Together, our Strategic Advisory Group boasts decades of experience in finding solutions to the world’s most pressing cyber and advanced tech challenges for both private and public sector entities.

Devin Lynch is Senior Director of the Paladin Global Institute. Lynch joins Paladin from the Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), Executive Office of the President, where he was a Director for Implementation and Assessment. In this role, he wrote the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan (Versions 1 and 2), led the interagency coordination group dedicated to implementing the National Cybersecurity Strategy, and tracked Federal completion thereto.

He joined ONCD in December 2022 as a Director for Supply Chain and Technology Security after leading the government affairs work at a startup technology company focused on supply chain risk management. Before that, he served in several roles in government including as a Professional Staff Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, a Legislative Aide in the U.S. Senate, and policy and legislative affairs roles at the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.