Ransomware: The Cybercriminal’s Playground (E98)

Senior Director, Head of Zero Labs

Steve has over fifteen years’ experience in threat intelligence and event response with positions in the US military, intelligence community, and private sector. Steve held a number of roles to include threat intelligence, service delivery, and various leadership positions at Mandiant, FireEye, and IBM in the private sector. He is a frequent contributor and presenter in a variety of industry forums/conferences.

Prior to the private sector, Steve led a 15-person cyber threat intelligence team in the US intelligence community for a Combatant Command. In this time, he provided sworn testimony on cyber threats to both the Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee for Intelligence, guided two different teams to win the NSA’s Rowlett Award, was the DIA analyst of the Year, multiple DoD Senior Civilian of the Year awards, and is a listed author for several National Intelligence Estimates.

Steve’s career started in the US Air Force as a Special Agent with the Office of Special Investigations primarily focused on counterterrorism and felony crimes. He was involved in combat deployments across several continents in this capacity.

He is a graduate of the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, received his Master of Science degree from Jacksonville State University, and most recently a Master of Science in Information Design and Strategy from Northwestern University. He is also an adjunct faculty member with McKendree University and a Board Member for Missouri State University’s CX program.