Rita Zolotova

Rita Zolotova is the chief strategy officer and managing partner at Wickr Foundation, and previously worked in nuclear nonproliferation and arms control.

Rita Zolotova

Another school year is now in full swing, which for many kids means reconnecting with friends and learning. It also means a start of another data collection cycle that is neither visible nor truly optional for the…

Kids need to reclaim their data and security… especially at school

The news of the DNC email hack has put the issue of securing the US election systems against foreign attacks and boosting the resilience of national critical infrastructure front and center. It has also raised the stakes for solving the shortage of cyber security professionals that can actually address…

“Breaking Good” by teaching kids to hack at R00tz Asylum

The surge in encrypted traffic and a wide adoption of end-to-end encryption by mainstream tech companies is a transformative shift in information security. Billions of online users now enjoy default…

Why metadata should not live forever

Despite increasing privacy concerns the tech industry continues to collect and store massive amounts of metadata associated with every digital transaction. These extensive historical accounts of personal or business activities…

Digital toxic waste (or why metadata shouldn’t live forever)