Bozeman Magazine

The Jake Jabs College of Business & Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce its fall Orser speaker, Nicole Jones. Her presentation, “Cybersecurity and Privacy: the Perspective of a Google Lawyer,” will take place on Thursday, October 26 at 5:00 pm in Jabs Hall 111, on the MSU campus. In her presentation, Jones will describe her journey from MSU to Google as well as how and why she counsels on designing products with security and privacy in mind. She will also touch upon some pending cases and legislation that will significantly impact the future of the internet and how these topics affect business. Nicole Jones is Senior Law Enforcement & Security Counsel at Google where she provides legal counsel on matters related to cybercrime, government requests for user data, information security, and internal investigations. Jones works closely with security engineers and user protection investigators to manage significant fraud, abuse, and security issues across Google’s products and services. Prior to joining Google, Jones was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California, where she was a member of the National Security and Cybercrimes Section. During her tenure as a federal prosecutor, Jones investigated and prosecuted a variety of crimes with a focus on computer intrusions, Internet fraud, financial crimes, and national security matters. Jones was the lead attorney on multiple successful felony trials, contested evidentiary hearings, and Ninth Circuit appeals. In addition to her duties as a prosecutor, Jones was responsible for training and advising other prosecutors and federal agents on law and technology issues. Nicole Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in business with a marketing option from Montana State University in 1997 and a J.D. from Stanford University Law School in 2003. The MSU Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s David Orser Executive Speakers Forum is named for David B. Orser, a 1966 MSU graduate who began funding the program in 1988 in order to inspire MSU business students to pursue careers as innovative, responsible and ethical business leaders. For more information about the forum, contact Anna Reardon at (406) 994-6195 or anna.reardon@montana.edu.