The University of Delaware welcomed back to campus alumnus and 2015 commencement speaker Dave DeWalt (EG ’86), who spoke about cybersecurity as part of the National Agenda's 2018 speaker series, "Midterm Matters." DeWalt is widely considered one of the most influential executives in technology and cybersecurity. He was named one of the 25 most influential executives in high technology by the readers of the industry publication CRN. He has spoken about cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum and was appointed in 2011 by President Barack Obama to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council. This program was cosponsored by UD's Cybersecurity Initiative.