Cyber Attorney • Data Privacy • AI Governance

Steve Fugelsang is the Cybersecurity Program Director at the National Governors Association. A former Cybersecurity Legal and Policy Fellow at The Aspen Institute, he is an alumnus of Tufts University’s Master of Science program in Cybersecurity and Policy, offered jointly by The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and the Department of Computer Science.  Steve previously served as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice (National Security Division – Office of Intelligence), a legislative fellow in the U.S. Senate, an assistant general counsel on a presidential campaign, and an active duty officer in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG Corps).  He is CISSP, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, and AIGP-certified.

While assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York, from 2011 to 2014, Steve prosecuted courts-martial involving sexual assault, child pornography, financial fraud and firearms theft, as well as numerous cases in federal magistrate court as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.  In December 2013 Steve deployed to eastern Afghanistan as a rule of law adviser in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.  Continually circulating throughout a five-province area of responsibility, he advised more than 30 senior-ranking Afghan intelligence officers, national security prosecutors and judges on the development of evidence-based operations to target and convict insurgents.

Raised on eastern Long Island, New York, Steve is a third-generation Knight of Columbus, third-generation U.S. Army veteran, and first-generation college graduate.

The significant and continued growth of cyberattacks against the United States makes cybersecurity a critical issue for all Governors. The Governors Association launched a Resource Center to provide Governors with resources, tools, and recommendations to help craft and implement effective state cybersecurity policies and practices.

The Governors Association hosted Governors and their advisors, chief information officers, chief information security officers, National Guard leaders, state homeland security advisors, and private sector partners in Columbus, Ohio, to explore ongoing cybersecurity challenges and share ideas for improvements.