Jake Williams, a principal consultant at CSRgroup Computer Security Consultants, has over a decade of experience in secure network design, penetration testing, incident response, forensics, and malware reverse engineering. Prior to joining CSRgroup, he worked with various government agencies in information security roles.

Jake has twice won the annual DC3 Digital Forensics Challenge and has spoken at BlackHat, Shmoocon, several regional ISSA meetings, and the DC3 Conference, as well as numerous US government conferences.

Jake is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science where he is researching new techniques for malware detection. His research interests include protocol analysis, binary analysis, malware RE methods, subverting the security of cloud technologies, and methods for identifying malware Command and Control (C2) techniques.