Deborah is an independent legal and policy expert in Israeli and global cybersecurity and regulation. She researches, writes and speaks frequently on these issues at academic and professional conferences.

Deborah is a member of the Israeli Bar Association and Special Counsel to the New York law firm Zeichner, Ellman and Krause LLP. She is a Research Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center and Ne’eman Workshop, both at Tel Aviv University; a Research Fellow at the Herzliya Institute for Counter-Terrorism and a member of its Cyber Desk Review; Lead Researcher at the Minerva Center at Haifa University’s Law Faculty; and a past member of Israel’s National Cyber Bureau public committee on the cyber professions.

Currently, she is a member of the International Group of Experts drafting the “Tallin 2” manual on state activity in cyberspace; the Advisory Board of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise; and the ILA’s Study Group on Cybersecurity, Terrorism and International Law. She also works with closely with Konfidas Digital, a leading Israeli cybersecurity firm. In 2010-11, she co-chaired the National Cyber Initiative Policy and Regulation Committee, under the aegis of the Prime Minister’s Office.