This month we are excited to have Matt Ferrante, CEO of Aurora Information Security & Risk, write our first Guest Blog. Matthew is the founder of Aurora Information Security & Risk™. Prior to Aurora, Matthew was with Barclays Bank in London, where he founded Barclays CFI/e-Discovery and was its first director. Before Barclays, Matthew was a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. He has served on President Clinton’s protection detail, US Critical Infrastructure, and several successful high profile, high-tech investigation operations. Matthew has an extensive background in physical and network infrastructure protection, with specialties in global enterprise class environments, protective intelligence, threat assessments, international organized crime, e-crime, forensics, breach investigations, extreme hacking, data leakage, fraud, employee misconduct, cyber stalking, and asset identification. He has successfully testified in US Federal Courts and is considered by federal districts as an expert in his field. Matthew was educated at the United States Secret Service Academy, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program, and Mercy College for Criminal Justice. Now based in New York City, he is a US citizen.

View Matt Ferrante’s Guest Post here.