Matt Watchinski

With more than 400 researchers around the globe, Talos is the largest commercial threat intelligence group in the world. Matt oversees all the intelligence activities necessary to support Cisco’s security products and services that keep customers safe.

Matt previously ran the Vulnerability Research Team for Sourcefire and was responsible for threat intelligence and detection. After Cisco’s acquisition of Sourcefire, Matt began focusing his leadership and passion for protecting customers toward personnel and resources within Cisco, which eventually led to the creation of Talos.

Matt serves on the Cyber Threat Alliance’s (CTA) board, helping to facilitate cooperation and intelligence-sharing between its members for the betterment of all of its mutual customers.