
Founder and Principal, Housen-Couriel Law Offices, Israel
Deborah Housen-Couriel is an expert legal practitioner and consultant in cybersecurity, data protection, cyber incident response, and outer space law. She is the founder and principal of Housen-Couriel Law Offices, a practice focusing on tailored compliance solutions for clients in Israel and internationally. Deborah also serves as an adjunct professor at Reichman University and Hebrew University’s Law Faculty, where she is on the Advisory Board of the Cyber Security Research Center.
A member of the International Group of Experts that drafted Tallinn Manual 2.0, Housen-Couriel also contributed as a Core Expert to the MILAMOS space law manual. Housen-Couriel holds degrees from Harvard Kennedy School (MPA-MC), Hebrew University (LL.B., LL.M.), the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, and Wellesley College. Previously, she was the Chief Legal Officer and VP Regulation at Konfidas Digital. Her most recent areas of research include cyber information sharing between the private and public sectors, and the critical nexus of cybersecurity and national security.