Tony Cook, Senior Director, DFIR & Threat Intelligence | Twitter | LinkedIn

Tony Cook is the Head of Threat Intelligence for GuidePoint Security where he leads GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team and the DFIR team. His career background includes directing the Defense Health Agency SOC, leading the Malware Analysis and Forensics for the Naval Cyber Defense Operations Command, creating Threat Intelligence teams at the Crypsis Group, as well as several other Federal & DoD projects. Tony’s role at GuidePoint allows him to help guide clients to understanding how to incorporate Threat Intelligence into their operations while also helping them mature their cyber defense as a whole and in the unfortunate circumstance where they get breached, help restore them to normal operations. Tony also enjoys working with the local security community where he volunteers time to teach at local colleges.

Drew Schmitt, Practice Lead, GRIT | Twitter | LinkedIn

Drew Schmitt is the Practice Lead for the GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team and is responsible for coordinating threat research, malware analysis, and operationalized intelligence teams. Drew is especially fond of malware research and reverse engineering. When not neck deep in malware, he loves to create new and open-source tools and improve his techniques and capabilities. Drew is also an avid teacher and mentor, and really enjoys helping other people realize their love of malware, threat intelligence, and–above all–making threat actors’ lives harder. In past lives, Drew spent time as an incident responder, threat hunter, and IT administrator.