Lena Riecke is a PhD candidate at Leiden University’s Institute of Security and Global Affairs. Her research is situated at the intersection of law, intelligence studies, and cyber security governance. It explores approaches to governing the spyware market, particularly the strengths and weakness of governance regimes adopted by democratic states. Lena has held fellowships from the European Cyber Conflict Research Initiative as well as the Europaeum Scholars Programme. Her previous research projects examined the protection of civilian data during international armed conflict and the regulation of lethal autonomous weapons systems. She holds a BA in Law from the University of Cambridge as well as a LLM in Public International Law from Leiden University.