Marshall Erwin is Chief Security Officer at Mozilla. He leads the team responsible for protecting Mozilla and its users, responding to cybersecurity attacks and ensuring the company builds secure products. He is also responsible for cybersecurity policy - focusing on encryption, government hacking, and vulnerability disclosure - and leads Mozilla’s work on misinformation, malicious content, and reforms to the advertising industry.
Marshall joined Mozilla in 2014 and has held several roles focused on privacy and security. Most recently, he was the Senior Director of Trust & Security, overseeing the implementation of Firefox’s privacy and security features that protect users from threats online. Previously, he served as Mozilla’s Head of Privacy, leading incident responses and crisis communications for security and data breach incidents and overseeing implementation of global privacy regulations.
Marshall began his career with the United States Government, where he worked as a counterterrorism and cybersecurity analyst. He also served as the counterterrorism and intelligence adviser on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. Marshall was the intelligence specialist at the Congressional Research Service, focusing upon National Security Agency surveillance leaks and legislative changes to FISA statute. He holds an MPP from Georgetown University and a BS in computer science and a BA in philosophy, both from Stanford University.
