Matt Watchinski

With more than 300 security researchers worldwide, Talos is the largest commercial threat intelligence group in the world. As the leader of Talos, Matt is responsible for ongoing intelligence activities necessary to keep Cisco’s security products and services up-to-date and consistently detect the last cyber security threats that could impact Cisco customers.

Prior to joining Cisco, Matt ran the intelligence group inside of Sourcefire (Vulnerability Research Team or “VRT”). The team he led was responsible for building threat intelligence, detection content, and threat detection engines for all of Sourcefire’s product lines. Matt combined his leadership ability with his passion for protecting customers and joined groups and resources within Cisco to ensure cohesive security detection content and consolidated efforts. These efforts he led created what is now the Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence Group.