Alexander Urbelis is Senior Counsel for cybersecurity with Crowell LLP. Bridging the gap between legal and technical expertise, Alex is also the architect of an award-winning cyber threat intelligence platform, designed to identify hallmarks of impending cyberattacks, cybersquatting, counterfeiting, and other malicious activities. Making international news in March 2020, Alex detected and helped to neutralize a state-sponsored intrusion attempt on the World Health Organization.
Alex previously served as the Chief Information Security Officer of the National Football League, overseeing cyber risk and the NFL’s worldwide information security strategy. Alex also served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Richemont, one of the world’s largest luxury conglomerates. His federal service includes positions within the Central Intelligence Agency, the US Army JAG Corps, and the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Alex believes in a multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity and counsels companies on hybrid technical and legal measures to deflect and deter cyber incidents, information security governance, threat intelligence, and responding to attacks from sophisticated cyber adversaries.
Alex’s published works can be found within the Financial Times, CNN, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Intercept, and other similar media outlets. Alex is a member of the Technology Advisory Board of Human Rights First, the UL Security Council, the Uniform Law Commission Committee for the Study of Cybercrime, the Uniform Law Commission Committee for the Study of Deep Fakes, the Society of Professional Investigators, and was a Board Member of the Internet Society, NY Chapter.