Vice president of security intelligence at Forescout
Expertise: Cybersecurity, artificial intelligence
Education: University of Wales
Rik Ferguson is the vice president of security intelligence at Forescout. He is also a special advisor to Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3), a multi-award-winning producer and writer, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Prior to joining Forescout in 2022, Rik served as vice president, security research at Trend Micro for 15 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wales and has qualified as a Certified Ethical Hacker (C|EH), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and an Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP).
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