A world renowned expert in cybersecurity will give a special public lecture at Seattle Pacific University on Thursday, April 9, at 7 p.m. Keith Alexander, former director of the National Security Agency and a retired four-star Army general, will talk about “hackers, spies, and freedom.” The lecture is free and wheelchair accessible.

The lecture will be in Royal Brougham Pavilion on the SPU campus, located at 3414 Third Avenue West.

Alexander is in Seattle for SPU’s Downtown Business Breakfast, a yearly event of more than 1,000 business and community leaders who gather to hear from national speakers about some of the most thought-provoking ideas and issues of our time.